The Horn Book Guide

TECHNOLOGY

Kafka, Tina

Cloning

112 pp. | Lucent | December, 2007 | Library ISBN 978-1-59018-979-5 $32.45

(3) YA Hot Topics series. Kafka presents a balanced look at the questions, issues, and controversies surrounding cloning. Chapters include specific examinations of using stem cells to cure disease, cloning as used in agriculture, the possibility of saving endangered species (and bringing back extinct ones), and human cloning. Well-chosen photographs and relevant sidebars and quotations enhance the volume. Reading list, websites. Ind.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz