Meet Green Jolene: A Green, Clean, Climate-conscious Heroine.this Illustrated Chapter Book Series By New York Times Best-selling Author Wendy Mass Is Perfect For Kids Who Are Inspired By Greta Thunberg And Love Beverly Cleary''s Beezus And Ramona And Other Classics Like Ivy & Bean And All Began (as The Best Stories Do) With A Very Stinky Backpack jolene Wouldnt Have Guessed That The First Day Of Summer Vacation Would Start With Her Trying To Figure Out If The Squishy Object Smelling Up Her Backpack Was A Half-eaten Tuna Sandwich Or A Six-month-old Plum (it Was Both ) While Dumping Old Food In The Trash And Bringing Out The Recycling, Jolene Sees The Huge Boxes Of Stuff Her New Neighbors Got Delivered. She Realizes How Many Of Her Own Belongings She Doesnt Use Anymore.horrified By The Idea Of Contributing To Overflowing Landfills And Trash-filled Oceans, Jolene Hatches A Big Plan To Not Only Deal With Her Own Stuff, But Her Whole Neighborhoods Unwanted Items As Well.