abnormalities, human

After leaving home in search of adventure, romance, and riches, seventeen-year-old Abel, the "normal" son of freak show entertainers, is haunted by a mysterious spirit.

Tired of living with his uncaring, divorced parents, Sidney, a twelve-year-old boy with an unusually large head, takes a bus trip across the United States which becomes a journey of self-discovery.

In 1145 A.D., as foretold by Merlin, fourteen-year-old Rosalind, who will be the twenty-first Pendragon Queen of Wilde Island, has much to accomplish to fulfill her destiny, while hiding from her people the dragon's claw she was born with that reflects only one of her mother's dark secrets.

Fourteen-year-old Graham Sinclair, born with mysterious hands and a strange secret, finds his life further complicated when he saves a baby after a plane crash and meets a beautiful girl.

Explains the dangers that various drugs can pose to pregnant women and their unborn children, discussing birth defects such as fetal alcohol syndrome and the effects of cocaine and heroin.

Examines the causes of birth defects, the hardships faced by children born with them, and ways of preventing them.

Examines the causes and effects of the disaster that occurred when eight thousand deformed babies were born whose mothers had taken the tranquilizing drug thalidomide.

Fetal alcohol disorders are a range of conditions caused by exposure to alcohol in the womb and affect nearly 1 percent of newborns each year in the United States. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full color illustrations this title examines fetal alcohol disorders.

Presents an introduction to birth defects, examining the interaction between genes and the environment, discussing common bith defect, prenatal detection, genetic counseling, and medical strategies for helping children with birth defects.

Presents the stories of six people whose lives were shaped by their physical and cultural differences from the rest of Western society: Jack Erlich, the Hilton Siamese twins, Ota Benga, Ishi, and the "Wild Boy" of France.