As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
144 pp.
| Benchmark |
November, 2003 |
LibraryISBN 0-7614-1585-8$$37.07
(4)
YAOpen for Debate series.
Encyclopedia-quality prose identifies different types of chemical and biological weapons and explains their effects, provides historical examples of their use, and discusses methods of protection that range from disarmament treaties to creating safer vaccinations. Illustrated with stock color photos, the book may be sufficient for report-writing students, but is otherwise uninspired. Reading list, websites. Bib., ind.