(4) YA Tobacco: The Deadly Drug series. This series investigates adverse health effects and other aspects (physiological, social, psychological) of tobacco use by teens. Personal accounts and other examples (as well as many statistics) illuminate issues such as addiction, depression, and peer pressure. Photographs of teens engaging in typical activities should help readers connect to the messages; the hokey cartoons throughout will not. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Tobacco: The Deadly Drug titles: No More Butts, But All My Friends Smoke, Born to Smoke, But Smoking Makes Me Happy, False Images, Deadly Promises, Thousands of Deadly Chemicals, Smokeless Tobacco, and Teenagers and Tobacco.

Reviewer: Claudia Harrington DeShay

(4) YA Incarceration Issues series. Each of these books explores an issue, examining history, case studies, and arguments for and against different types of punishment. Accounts of prisoners on death row and their executions are presented in graphic detail. Though there are occasional typos in the text, sidebars and photographs (many staged) help clarify and extend the information. There are five other fall 2006 books in this series. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Incarceration Issues titles: Women in Prison, Alternatives to Prison, Incarceration around the World, The History of Incarceration, Prisoners on Death Row, and Youth in Prison.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

(4) YA Youth with Special Needs series. A fictional story featuring a teenager with special needs alternates with factual information, stock photos, and textbooklike diagrams, which further the discussion of the realities of living with a disability. The dialogue is contrived, but the books are accessible resources. Directory, reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Youth with Special Needs titles: Breaking Down Barriers and The Journey toward Recovery.

Reviewer: Becky Levine

(4) YA Youth with Special Needs series. A fictional story featuring a teenager with special needs alternates with factual information, stock photos, and textbooklike diagrams, which further the discussion of the realities of living with a disability. The dialogue is contrived, but the books are accessible resources. Directory, reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Youth with Special Needs titles: Breaking Down Barriers and The Journey toward Recovery.

Reviewer: Becky Levine