Provides information about the harmful effects of illegal drugs or inhalants, including alcohol and nicotine, and offers advice to young readers on how to stay healthy and drug-free.
Discusses the outbreak and worldwide spread of the deadly Spanish flu in 1918, methods of treating it, and efforts to study this killer virus and others like it.
Biography of the Hollywood actress who appeared in a television series at the age of ten and who has since starred in feature films and recorded musical albums.
Discusses the lives and literary careers of six American women writers--Judy Blume, Pearl Buck, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Edith Wharton, and Phillis Wheatley--and presents excerpts from their works.