Food Fight: A Graphic Guide Adventure

By Liam O'Donnell and Mike Deas

While Devin and Nadia spend summer vacation at a university camp for little kids --Nadia as a counselor and Devin as an unwilling participant -- their mother's research project is vandalized and her motives are questioned. Devin, Nadia and Simon stumble upon shady characters, corporate conspiracy and a plot to take over the nation's food supply with genetically modified fertilizer. Mixing action and suspense with information on the agricultural system and the intricacies of the food supply, Food Fight is another gripping installment in the Graphic Guide Adventure series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Release date: Apr 1, 2010
• ISBN: 9781554690688

Liam O'Donnell

Liam O'Donnell is an author and educator who has created over forty books and graphic novels for young readers, including the Max Finder Mystery, Graphic Guide Adventures and West Meadows Detectives series. He was born in Northern Ireland and came to Canada when he was five years old. He studied media at Ryerson University and has worked on film sets in Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.liamodonnell.com or follow him on Twitter @liamodonnell.

Book preview

Reviews for Food Fight

[librarybrandy · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I'm totally in love with this series from Orca. Educational without being didactic--the explanations are organic to the plot and flow seamlessly in the narrative.

This time, Devin's mom's research into irrigation methods is being trashed--and Devin's mom is being framed for it! Someone is using he security codes to gain access to the lab and the farm to destroy research, experiments, and the plants themselves. Why? Could it have something to do with the special fertilizer they've been given--fertilizer that's doing something to the soil that skews their irrigation results? Devin aims to find out, and clear his mom's name.

Lots of good information about food supply, the environmental value of local and organic produce, and even a bit on genetically-modified crops. This will be a good option for kids in March, when we have our Community Reads Michael Pollan festivities.