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Diabetes: the ultimate teen guide (It Happened to Me Ser. #7)
By Katherine J. Moran, Cde, Msn. 2004
A nurse provides practical information to teens on living with diabetes. Discusses the disease, managing it, treatment options including the…
insulin pump, and related social issues such as driving, traveling, and drinking alcohol. For senior high and older readers. 2004You and an illness in your family (Family matters (New York, N.Y.))
By Tabitha Wainwright. 2001
Offers practical advice for young people with a seriously ill family member. Uses real-life scenarios to discuss options for coping…
with tough situations--including death--and for communicating with others. For grades 5-8. 2001Dentist = El dentista (People in my community)
By Jacqueline Laks Gorman, Tatiana Acosta, Guillermo Gutiérrez. 2002
Describe el trabajo del dentista y cómo el dentista ayuda a la gente. Explica qué se puede esperar cuando se…
visita al dentista. Para niños preescolares hasta el grado 2. Edición bilingüe en inglés y españolBiography of Canadian doctor Frederick Banting (1891-1941), whose medical research led to the use of insulin as a treatment for…
diabetes. Relates how Banting received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1923 and shared the award money with his closest research associate. For grades 4-7. 2002They broke the law, you be the judge: true cases of teen crime
By Thomas A. Jacobs, Thomas A Jacobs. 2003
Juvenile-court judge presents twenty-one cases involving teenagers who came before him for punishment. Reviews each teen's background, details of the…
crime and arrest, mitigating factors, and penalty options so the reader can decide. Reveals actual sentence and offender's response in court and later. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2003Cooking up fun for kids with diabetes
By Tami A. Ross, Patti Bazel Geil, Patricia Bazel Geil, Patricia Geil, Tami Ross. 2003
Discusses healthy eating and nutrition for children with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Includes kitchen safety tips and advice…
for grownup helpers. Provides recipes for main dishes, snacks, and desserts. Published by the American Diabetes Association. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2003Discusses the 1970s case brought by a white male student challenging the affirmative action policy used in admitting students to…
the University of California medical school. Reviews the divided Supreme Court ruling in 1978 for Bakke, the continuing debate over preferential admission standards, and remaining unanswered questions. For junior and senior high readers. 1998Bush v. Gore: controversial presidential election case (Landmark Supreme Court Cases Ser.)
By Diana K Sergis, Diana K. Sergis. 2003
Discusses the 2000 Supreme Court landmark decision that resulted in Texas governor George W. Bush becoming the forty-third U.S. president.…
Describes the contested ballot recounts in Florida, battles in state and federal courts, and constitutional arguments presented to the nation's highest court by Bush and his challenger, Vice President Albert Gore. For senior high and older readers. 2003Rabies (Diseases and People Ser.Diseases & People)
By Alvin Silverstein, Robert Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein. 1994
Describes the treatment and prevention of rabies, as well as the history of the disease and the discovery of a…
vaccine by Louis Pasteur. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1994When objects talk: solving a crime with science (Discovery! Ser.Discovery!)
By Terry M. Phillips, Mark P Friedlander, Mark P. Friedlander. 2001
Using a fictionalized murder case, the authors describe the role of forensic sciences during a police investigation. Explains the criminal…
justice system and the use of DNA, fingerprinting, ballistics, autopsies, and other scientific clues from the crime scene that can lead to a culprit. For grades 6-9. 2001Spare parts: from peg legs to gene splices (Single Titles Ser. #up)
By Wendy B Murphy, Wendy B. Murphy. 2001
Historical overview of replacing damaged or missing parts of the human body with artificial limbs, computer-engineered prosthetics, and organ transplants.…
Includes some bizarre past experiments and discusses ethical and social dilemmas arising from genetic engineering. For grades 6-9. 2001Ice bound: a doctor's incredible battle for survival at the South Pole
By Jerri Nielsen, Maryanne Vollers. 2001
Former emergency room doctor records her ordeal with breast cancer during an eleven-month stay in Antarctica. Describes the dilemma she…
faced as the only medical officer for the forty-one members of the research team. Recalls the camaraderie that developed amid the extreme conditions of the 1999 polar winter. Bestseller. 2001Alexander Fleming: discoverer of penicillin (A book report biography)
By Ted Gottfried. 1997
Describes Fleming's early years in Scotland, his schooling in England, and his work with the British Army Medical Services. Then…
discusses his discovery of penicillin and his difficulties in getting others to believe in his breakthrough. Includes a glossary of medical terms and a chronology. For grades 6-9Touching and feeling (Senses and Sensors Ser.Senses and Sensors)
By Alvin Silverstein, Nicholas Heweston, Laura Silverstein Nunn. 2002
Explains how the sense of touch and feeling functions, and how it helps us learn about our surroundings. Examines the…
importance of touch to humans, plants, and animals, describing the sensations of pressure, pain, and temperature. Includes technological developments to provide feeling to artificial limbs. For grades 5-8. 2002Killing the dream: James Earl Ray and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr
By Gerald L Posner, Gerald Posner. 1998
Reexamination of King's murder in Memphis in 1968, the background of convicted killer James Earl Ray, and some conspiracy theories…
about the case. The lawyer-author's analysis of the murder scene and of Ray's character, criminal record, and probable motivation leads to the conclusion that Ray was the shooter and killerWhere's your head?: psychology for teenagers (Psychology for Teenagers Ser. #Vol. 2)
By Dale Bick Carlson, Dale B. Carlson, Hannah Carlson, Carol Nicklaus. 1998
The authors discuss what psychology is and how young people can use it to understand their own adolescence. Discusses the…
major theories of psychology and their founders, mental illness, different forms of therapy, and how to cope with growing up. Revised edition of book originally published in 1977. For junior and senior high readersThe dying president: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945
By Robert H Ferrell, Robert H. Ferrell. 1998
An account of Franklin Roosevelt's performance as president during the last year of his life. Avers that he concealed serious…
health problems that impaired his ability to concentrate for long periods and led to some unfortunate policy decisions toward the end of World War IIMary Tyler Moore: The Award-Winning Actress Who Has Diabetes (Great Achievers Ser.Great Achievers)
By Margaret L Finn. 1997
Describes the personal life and career of the actress best known for her sitcom roles in The Dick Van Dyke…
Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Discusses Moore's 1964 diabetes diagnosis, her battle with alcoholism, and her endurance of tragic family deaths. For grades 5-8 and older readersFingerprints and talking bones: how real-life crimes are solved
By Charlotte Foltz Jones, David G. Klein. 1997
Discusses the use of forensic science and technology for crime-solving. Recounts cases in which analyses of fibers, glass fragments, bullets,…
and human skeletons led to arrests and convictions. Describes a variety of high-tech police tools. For grades 5-8Smoking: a risky business (Save the Earth Ser.)
By Laurence Pringle. 1996
Explores the history, addictive appeal, and health risks of cigarette smoking. Discusses the efforts of antitobacco groups and government to…
curtail smoking, as well as the reactive strategies of the tobacco industry. Urges readers to quit smoking or never start. For grades 3-6