wounds and injuries

Describes the causes and treatment of cuts, bruises, and broken bones and discusses how to prevent injuries. Features full-color photographs and a glossary.

Provides basic information about the causes, treatment, and prevention of nosebleeds. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and sources of additional information.

Discusses how the skin can burn and the different types of burns that can occur. Examines how a burn affects the skin and how it repairs itself and reveals how to take precautions to ensure one's skin does not get burned. Includes full-color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Edgar Presley Mint, an orphaned Apache boy, finds himself bouncing from foster home to foster home, where he has many larger-than-life experiences.

Larry Bird discusses his basketball career with the Boston Celtics, revealing the extent of his back problems which made his retirement necessary, and tells what it was like to start a new coaching career with the Indiana Pacers.

While recuperating in a Baghdad hospital from a traumatic brain injury sustained during the Iraq War, eighteen-year-old soldier Matt Duffy struggles to recall what happened to him and how it relates to his ten-year-old friend, Ali.

Informative text, photographs, and real-life stories describe brain injuries and how they are treated and offer tips on protecting the brain.