Product Description: Despite claims that young people today don’t care about the world they live in and don’t get involved in causes, more and more teens are taking up the fight for things they truly believe in. In fact, there are more than 10,000 members nationwide for the Youth Rights Movement and more than 50,000 members, fans, and supporters of Kids against Animal Cruelty...read more

What does living green mean? For some, it means making a commitment to reduce, reuse, and recycle every day. For others, it also means respecting and conserving our natural resources, so they will be available in the future. In Living Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide, readers learn why protecting the environment is such a crucial undertaking and why and how young adults should take up this important cause.Living Green demonstrates how reckless indifference to our planet’s needs jeopardizes not only plants and animals but the existence of mankind. This volume addresses such concerns as leaving a low carbon footprint, protecting wildlife, saving natural resources, conserving trees and gardens, and fighting for environmental justice. Most importantly, Living Green explores the many ways that teens can make a difference—in their homes, communities, and in the world at large. While some of the teen efforts described here may be familiar, the author also focuses on issues seldom addressed, such as dumping toxic waste on poor and powerless communities. The book includes quotes from green advocates and teens who consider themselves eco-friendly, as well as useful advice that will help young adults embrace a lifestyle that will positively affect generations to come.

Product Description: "Discusses the difficulties facing those with problems eating, including history, symptoms, treatments, nutrition, and ways to help"--

Product Description: It has been estimated that at least half of the children in America come from families that have been affected by divorce. Of those children, more than half will see a parent’s second marriage dissolve as well. The impact of divorce on teens can be devastating, adversely affecting their attitudes, behaviors, and schoolwork, as well as their relationships with both friends and family...read more

Product Description: Did you know starvation kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined? Around the world, millions go to bed hungry every night. Farmers produce enough food to feed everyone, but the food does not get to the people who need it most...read more

Product Description: The Military and Teens covers the major issues young adults should consider before making a decision to join the armed forces. Although each branch of the military provides print and electronic materials on what it has to offer enlistees, very few YA books take a pro-and-con look at military service...read more

Product Description: For the first time in history, an inglorious bondage is transformed into inspiring freedom. With these words, Chinese nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen spoke to the hopes of the Chinese people, who just the year before, in the uprising of 1911, had thrown off more than two hundred years of oppressive rule under the Manchus (Qing dynasty)...read more

Product Description: Discusses the theories of ancient Greek philosopher-scientists such as Ptolemy, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, and Aristotle, and describes scientific discoveries and their applications in ancient Greece.

Product Description: The Military and Teens covers the major issues young adults should consider before making a decision to join the armed forces. Although each branch of the military provides print and electronic materials on what it has to offer enlistees, very few YA books take a pro-and-con look at military service...read more

Discusses Mao Zedong's rise to power in China and what life was like under his rule.

Discusses the myths and facts of epilepsy, including offering medical information, advice on how to deal with the disease, and candid stories from teens living with epilepsy. Reprint.

Covering issues relevant to teens, these full-color books present the information needed to analyze some of the most controversial and challenging topics in today's news and to help empower teenagers to develop their own opinions on the matter.

'Provides information about the history and celebration of more than 100 holidays, festivals, and other events observed by Americans of African descent. Features include narrative overviews, chronology of historical events related to holidays and festivals, calendar and geographical listings of observances, bibliography, and contact information and web sites'--Provided by publisher.Presents the history and celebration of more than one hundred holidays, festivals, and other events observed by Americans of African descent, with narrative overviews and a chronology of historical events related to the holidays and festivals.

Introduces the beliefs and rituals of different religions, discussing such issues as the role of faith in everyday life, the significance of rites of passage, and the mixing of religion and politics.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the woman labor organizer who was so dedicated to the labor movement that she was willing to go to jail to stand up for her beliefs.

Discusses the rising epidemic of obesity in children and adolescents, including reasons for obesity, ways of losing weight, such as diet and surgery, and how doctors are promoting an awareness of health in teenagers.

Product Description: Volunteering: The Ultimate Teen Guide is a wonderful resource for teens on how they can use their time and energy to positively impact society and gain personal satisfaction. Teens get a complete picture of what volunteering involves, including the personal commitment and the physical and emotional stamina, as well as the positive-and sometimes negative-consequences...read more

Presents entries on terms, people, and events related to the process of death and dying, from abortion to zombie.

An overview of the issues surrounding the debate over whether abortion should be permitted by law, and under what circumstances.