# Mario and the Hole in the Sky

**Author:** Elizabeth Rusch
**Grade range:** Grades K–5
**First published:** 2019
**Page count:** 45
**Genre:** Children's
**ISBN-13:** `9781632898579`
**ISBN-10:** `1632898578`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/mario-and-the-hole-in-the-sky-how-a-chemist-saved-our-planet
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

The true story of how a scientist saved the planet from environmental disaster. Mexican American Mario Molina is a modern-day hero who helped solve the ozone crisis of the 1980s. Growing up in Mexico City, Mario was a curious boy who studied hidden worlds through a microscope. As a young man in California, he discovered that CFCs, used in millions of refrigerators and spray cans, were tearing a hole in the earth's protective ozone layer. Mario knew the world had to be warned--and quickly. Today Mario is a Nobel laureate and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His inspiring story gives hope in the fight against global warming.

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