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4-6Hot Topics in Media series.
This series, aimed at middle-grade readers, explores controversial issues in the media, looking at both sides of a topic and including discussion questions to prompt critical thinking. The page design is uninspired, but photos and sidebars enhance the texts. Body Image offers the most interesting discussion of a topic not generally found at the elementary school level. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. Review covers these Hot Topics in Media titles: Body Image and the Media, Parental Guidance Ratings, and Banned Books.