social problems

Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.

Profiles the posters that have been commissioned and produced by Josh MacPhee since 1998 to pay tribute to revolution, racial justice, women's rights, queer liberation, labor struggles, and creative activism.

Alternate chapters follow teenagers Todd and Viola, who become separated as the Mayor's oppressive new regime takes power in New Prentisstown, a space colony where residents can hear each other's thoughts.

A retelling of Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times," in which disciplinarian Thomas Gradgrind must reexamine his utilitarian worldview when his daughter's upbringing and loveless marriage lead her to a crisis.

Examines the American economy in the early twenty-first century from the posthumous perspective of Benjamin Franklin, discussing the national deficit, the issues that plague Congress, the American public in general, and other related topics.

This book presents a powerful, real-world look at the lives of homeless young people.

Collects essays, presented in the form of debates, that present conflicting views on issues regarding criminal law and the penal system which face the United States during the early twenty-first century.

Contains a series of alphabetically arranged essays that describe one hundred books that have been banned because of language, racial characterization, or depiction of other social differences that their challengers have viewed as harmful to readers.

Alex and his friends from Artim?e are stranded on a newly-discovered island, and they are not alone, while in Quill, his twin Aaron's power base grows as he joins with an unlikely ally in a risky plan to finally conquer Artim?e.