social problems

This volume, addressing labor, poverty, prison reform, slavery and abolition, temperance and Prohibition, women's rights, and women's suffrage, presents overviews of reform movements that alternately tore apart and mended the fabric of American society.

A collection of personal narratives in which men and women explore how their lives were affected by living in the ghettos.

Presents Edward Bellamy's utopian novel, originally published in 1888, which follows the adventures of Julian West after he falls asleep in 1887 and awakens to find Boston in the year 2000 a near-perfect society, and includes an introduction, a chronology of Bellamy's life, and other references.

Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate.

As the Wanteds, Unwanteds, and Necessaries struggle to adjust to changes in their society, Mr. Today begins training fourteen-year-old Alex to replace him as Artime's leader one day while Alex's disgraced twin, Aaron, connives to take over Quill.

As a world-ending war surges to life around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions, questioning all they have ever known as they try to step back from the darkness and find the best way to achieve peace.

Twenty-four articles present opposing viewpoints on Third World problems and related issues including globalization, democracy, and U.S. assistance.

Todd, one month away from an important birthday, learns all the tough lessons of adulthood when he is forced to flee after discovering a secret near the town where he lives.

Alternate chapters follow teenagers Todd and Viola, who become separated as the Mayor's oppressive new regime takes power in New Prentisstown, a space colony where residents can hear each other's thoughts.