(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. Should marijuana use be legalized? Is the diamond trade an asset or a liability? Does legalized gambling increase revenue or social dangers? Brief introductions and histories of the featured debates are followed by thorough descriptions of key opposing positions. Dry but informative texts combine with photographs and detail-rich (but page-crowding) sidebars to offer balanced discussions. Appended "Essential Facts" bullets provide talking points. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Essential Viewpoints titles: The Diamond Trade, Legalizing Marijuana, and Legalized Gambling.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. Should marijuana use be legalized? Is the diamond trade an asset or a liability? Does legalized gambling increase revenue or social dangers? Brief introductions and histories of the featured debates are followed by thorough descriptions of key opposing positions. Dry but informative texts combine with photographs and detail-rich (but page-crowding) sidebars to offer balanced discussions. Appended "Essential Facts" bullets provide talking points. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Essential Viewpoints titles: The Diamond Trade, Legalizing Marijuana, and Legalized Gambling.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. Should marijuana use be legalized? Is the diamond trade an asset or a liability? Does legalized gambling increase revenue or social dangers? Brief introductions and histories of the featured debates are followed by thorough descriptions of key opposing positions. Dry but informative texts combine with photographs and detail-rich (but page-crowding) sidebars to offer balanced discussions. Appended "Essential Facts" bullets provide talking points. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Essential Viewpoints titles: The Diamond Trade, Legalizing Marijuana, and Legalized Gambling.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. Instant access to up-to-the-minute news places the future of print news at risk. Is journalistic integrity compromised as well? Page-crowding sidebars and photographs supplement this discussion of the history of information gathering, reporting, and delivery. Through key issues and opposing views, this title provides a useful presentation of the current debate about news reporting and the consequences for democracy. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. This accessible but dry text provides a basic definition of genetic engineering and how it applies to our food sources. An examination of the science behind genetically modified food and its reception within the medical, agricultural, business, political, cultural, and religious environments combines with photographs and sidebars to present a balanced (if crowded) discussion. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. Reform presents background on and advancements in the health care system. The two media-centered titles examine historical contexts and explain relevant laws regarding the mass dissemination of information. The dry but informative texts present accessible, balanced discussions. Photographs and sidebars provide additional detail but crowd the pages. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Essential Viewpoints titles: Health Care Reform, Media Censorship, and Media Ownership.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. Dry but informative text presents the history of, advancements in, and pros and cons surrounding cosmetic surgery. The focus is mostly on elective surgery, but the text does touch on issues such as birth defects and reconstructive surgery. Photographs and sidebars impart additional information, though they tend to crowd the pages. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. Reform presents background on and advancements in the health care system. The two media-centered titles examine historical contexts and explain relevant laws regarding the mass dissemination of information. The dry but informative texts present accessible, balanced discussions. Photographs and sidebars provide additional detail but crowd the pages. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Essential Viewpoints titles: Health Care Reform, Media Censorship, and Media Ownership.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. Reform presents background on and advancements in the health care system. The two media-centered titles examine historical contexts and explain relevant laws regarding the mass dissemination of information. The dry but informative texts present accessible, balanced discussions. Photographs and sidebars provide additional detail but crowd the pages. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Essential Viewpoints titles: Health Care Reform, Media Censorship, and Media Ownership.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. This series offers readers a generally well-balanced discussion of the featured topic. The history, laws and reforms, significant events, and divergent perspectives are clearly, if dryly, presented. Providing no solutions, these titles give readers facts needed to make informed decisions of their own. Primary-source reproductions, photographs, and encroaching sidebars make pages crowded. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Essential Viewpoints titles: Affirmative Action and Civil Liberties.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. This book presents some varying opinions about how harmful global warming may be and what we should or can do about it. Much more space is devoted to research on the subject which, surprisingly, goes back to the nineteenth century. The text is dry but informative. Photographs, charts, and sidebars make some pages look crowded. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. This series offers readers a generally well-balanced discussion of the featured topic. The history, laws and reforms, significant events, and divergent perspectives are clearly, if dryly, presented. Offering no solutions, these titles provide readers with the facts needed to make informed decisions of their own. Primary-source reproductions, photographs, charts, and encroaching sidebars make pages crowded. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Essential Viewpoints titles: The Abortion Debate, Internet Piracy, Gun Control, The Causes of School Violence, and The Death Penalty.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. This series offers readers a generally well-balanced discussion of the featured topic. The history, laws and reforms, significant events, and divergent perspectives are clearly, if dryly, presented. Providing no solutions, these titles give readers facts needed to make informed decisions of their own. Primary-source reproductions, photographs, and encroaching sidebars make pages crowded. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Essential Viewpoints titles: Affirmative Action and Civil Liberties.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. This series offers readers a generally well-balanced discussion of the featured topic. The history, laws and reforms, significant events, and divergent perspectives are clearly, if dryly, presented. Offering no solutions, these titles provide readers with the facts needed to make informed decisions of their own. Primary-source reproductions, photographs, charts, and encroaching sidebars make pages crowded. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Essential Viewpoints titles: The Abortion Debate, Internet Piracy, Gun Control, The Causes of School Violence, and The Death Penalty.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. This volume provides a generally well-balanced introduction to the hotly debated political, economic, and humanitarian issues surrounding illegal immigration. A dry but informative text presents the history of immigration, the factors that fuel current arguments, reform initiatives, and divergent perspectives, allowing readers to make informed decisions of their own. Photographs, maps, and sidebars crowd the pages. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. This book discusses physical and mental health, legislative initiatives, economic concerns, parental rights, advertising, education, business strategies, and other subjects related to obesity. The text is generally well balanced (if dry), leaving readers to make up their own minds. Photographs, charts, and sidebars make pages crowded. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. This series offers readers a generally well-balanced discussion of the featured topic. The history, laws and reforms, significant events, and divergent perspectives are clearly, if dryly, presented. Offering no solutions, these titles provide readers with the facts needed to make informed decisions of their own. Primary-source reproductions, photographs, charts, and encroaching sidebars make pages crowded. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Essential Viewpoints titles: The Abortion Debate, Internet Piracy, Gun Control, The Causes of School Violence, and The Death Penalty.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. This book presents the history, significant events, laws, and opposing viewpoints surrounding genetic engineering. The dry but informative text provides a generally well-balanced discussion that equips readers to make informed decisions of their own. Photographs, diagrams, and sidebars make pages crowded. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. This book explores animal rights through the perspectives of biologists, philosophers, legal scholars, hunters, scientists, and activists. Issues include animals as pets, research subjects, and food. The text, which attempts impartiality, is nonetheless skewed toward advocating animal protection. Though the writing is dry, it raises provocative questions and provides fodder for discussion. The many archival photographs and sidebars crowd some pages. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(4) YA Essential Viewpoints series. This series offers readers a generally well-balanced discussion of the featured topic. The history, laws and reforms, significant events, and divergent perspectives are clearly, if dryly, presented. Offering no solutions, these titles provide readers with the facts needed to make informed decisions of their own. Primary-source reproductions, photographs, charts, and encroaching sidebars make pages crowded. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Essential Viewpoints titles: The Abortion Debate, Internet Piracy, Gun Control, The Causes of School Violence, and The Death Penalty.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale