(4) YA World at Risk series. This series explores a broad range of environmental issues, from climate change to conservation to waste disposal. Numerous photos, diagrams, and graphs add interest to the clearly worded scientific explanations. Social and political factors are covered as well, providing useful material for research and discussion. The content is somewhat repetitive across volumes, and the pages are a little crowded. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these World at Risk titles: Water, Feeding the World, Reducing the Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Resources, and Waste Disposal.

Reviewer: Pamela Mishkin

(4) YA Voices series. These titles explore some of the world's most pressing and difficult problems by offering a factual introduction to the complexities of the issues, how they arise, their effects, and the struggles involved in preventing, addressing, and resolving them. First-person accounts add emotional resonance to the charts, diagrams, statistic boxes, and photographs that crowd the pages. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Voices titles: Hunger, War, Child Labor, Poverty, and Violence.

Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo

(4) YA Voices series. These titles explore some of the world's most pressing and difficult problems by offering a factual introduction to the complexities of the issues, how they arise, their effects, and the struggles involved in preventing, addressing, and resolving them. First-person accounts add emotional resonance to the charts, diagrams, statistic boxes, and photographs that crowd the pages. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Voices titles: Hunger, War, Child Labor, Poverty, and Violence.

Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo