SOCIAL SCIENCES
Shuster, Kate

Can Earth Support Our Growing Population?

(4) YA What Do You Think? series. This book posits questions surrounding population growth (e.g., is there a natural limit to growth?), discussing issues such as consumption and climate change, and asks what people can do. Excerpts from articles and studies are offered as evidence for discussion. Though the text isn't nuanced, it effectively models balanced thinking. Numerous photographs, sidebars, and headings crowd the pages. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

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