alcoholism

Fifteen-year-old Rosie and her sixteen-year-old sister Skate are looked after by their cousin Angie while their father, a drunk, spends a few weeks in jail, and both girls endure problems with boyfriends and family while living in an old Victorian house on the Jersey shore.

After coming out of alcohol rehabilitation, sixteen-year-old Amy sorts out conflicting emotions about her best friend Julia's death in a car accident for which she feels responsible.

Karl Shoemaker, starting his senior year in Lightsburg, Ohio, in 1973, vows to break out of the therapy group he has been forced to attend during school hours and become "normal.".

Draws on eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper accounts, and other resources to present opposing viewpoints about the debate over whether or not the drinking age in the United States should be lowered.

Presents seventeen essays that debate the issues of alcohol abuse in America, and covers topics such as the seriousness of teen alcohol abuse, raising alcohol taxes as a prevention, parental influences and intervention, minimum drinking age, and more.

Chronicles the gin craze which swept through English society in the mid-1700s, discussing how the drink became the first urban drug and how it affected every aspect of England during the time.

An exploration of the issues surrounding teen alcohol use that gives teens the factual knowledge they need and challenges then to reconsider how they think about alcohol.

Readings from a diverse selection of sources and interpretations about prohibition.

Contains nine essays in which the authors debate issues related to alcohol and alcohol abuse, discussing whether alcoholism is a disease, the efficacy of Alcoholics Anonymous, college policies toward drinking, and other topics.

Fourteen-year-old Kenny Roy Willson fantasizes about escape from his hometown of Comfort, Texas, following his alcoholic father's release from prison.