Miner, Jane Claypool

Permanently paralyzed by a football injury, Steve must learn to develop new interests which will give him hope for the future.

Discusses teenage drinking, a national problem, and presents case studies of teens who drink, who don't drink, and who have drinking problems.

Discusses teenage drinking, its causes and effects, and how one can get help to overcome the habit.

Defines unemployment and discusses its causes and relationship to the economy, unemployment compensation and other help for the unemployed, what it is like to be unemployed, and whether unemployment might be in one's future.

Discusses various aspects of securing part-time, summer, or full-time employment, including determining job goals, making contacts, assessing your skills and strengths, and choosing pertinent training.

Five girls spend a romantic winter vacation at Mount Paradise ski resort.

Examines the issue of young people becoming parents and discusses such questions as "Is marriage the answer?" and "How does a good parent act?".

Discusses the causes of and treatments for three harmful eating disorders: compulsive overeating; bulimia, or the binge and purge syndrome; and anorexia nervosa, or self-starvation.

Discusses the planning for and the aftermath of the American use of the atomic bomb which destroyed two Japanese cities in August 1945.