Features in this isssue: Annan Kofi; Princess Diana, Princess of Wales (Obituary ) 1961 - 1997; Hanson (Ike Hanson, Taylor Hanson, and Zac Hanson); Jimmy Johnson; Dominique Moceanu 1981; Alexandra Nechita 1985; LeAnne Rimes 1982; Mike Vernon 1962; Reggie White 1961.
Featured in this issue: K.A. Applegate, Backstreet Boys, Harry Blackmun, Craig Kielburger, Katie Holmes, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Ricky Martin, Walter Payton and Briana Scurry.
Features in this issue: Bella Abzug, Dalia Lama, Jewel, Jody-Anne Maxwell, Brad Pitt, Emily Rosa, David Satcher, Kordell Stewart, Shinchi Suzuki and Kate Winslet.
Biography-Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Barbara Cooney, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ursula K. LeGuin, Farley Mowat, Naomi Shihab Nye, Daniel Pinkwater, Beatriz Potter, Ann Rinaldi.
Biography: William H. Armstrong, Patricia Reilly Giff, Langston Hughes, Stan Lee, Julius Lester, Robert Pinsky, Todd Strasser, Jacqueline Woodson, Patricia C. Wrede, Jane Yolen.
Short biographies of K.A. Applegate, Animorphs author; Christopher Paul Curtis, author, Jeff Gordon, stock car racer, Alexandra Nechita, artist; Daniel Pinkwater, author, David Satcher, doctor & scientist; William Steig, author; Sheryl Swoopes, basketball player; Amy Van Dyken, swimmer.