(4) YA USA Today's Debate: Voices and Perspectives series. These volumes present opposing sides of the title issues. Brief introductions are followed by histories, arguments (and details about the organizations that espouse them), and legislative action. Conversational writing style and numerous anecdotes make the volumes' small font and two-column, textbooklike design more approachable; photos, graphs, and excerpts from USA Today add interest. Timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these USA Today's Debate: Voices and Perspectives titles: Same-Sex Marriage and Gun Control.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) YA USA Today's Debate: Voices and Perspectives series. These volumes present opposing sides of the title issues. Brief introductions are followed by histories, arguments (and details about the organizations that espouse them), and legislative action. Conversational writing style and numerous anecdotes make the volumes' small font and two-column, textbooklike design more approachable; photos, graphs, and excerpts from USA Today add interest. Timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these USA Today's Debate: Voices and Perspectives titles: Same-Sex Marriage and Gun Control.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) YA USA Today's Debate: Voices and Perspectives series. This volume presents opinions about the use of "green energy" as a power source for the United States. A chronological history of the political and scientific issues surrounding the topic is provided; the book doesn't suggest one particular best solution. Photographs, anecdotes, newspaper articles, and charts provide additional information and perspectives, making the volume's small font and two-column, textbooklike design more approachable. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Lauren Aimonette LIang

(4) YA USA Today's Debate: Voices and Perspectives series. This volume presents a chronological history of drug use (legal and illegal) and the hotly debated topic of legalization. While it doesn't come down on one side, the book does include several sections on drug abuse. Photographs, personal anecdotes, newspaper articles, graphs, and archival drawings provide additional information and perspectives, making the volume's small font and two-column, textbooklike design appear more approachable. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Lauren Aimonette LIang

(4) YA USA Today's Debate: Voices and Perspectives series. This dry but thorough text presents a balanced discussion of the death penalty by placing it in historical, legal, social, and moral contexts. Photographs, personal anecdotes, newspaper articles, graphs, and archival drawings provide additional information and perspectives, making the volume's small font and two-column, textbooklike design appear more approachable. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA USA Today's Debate: Voices and Perspectives series. Dry but well-researched text introduces the history of immigration, its current impact on our nation, and multiple perspectives contributing to the ongoing debate. The balanced presentation will help students formulate their own views. Photographs, archival illustrations, maps, quotations and personal anecdotes, graphs, and newspaper articles make the small font and two-column, textbooklike design more approachable. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale