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YA Non-Fiction (90 series)

Buildings That Breathe: Greening the World's Cities

Imagine looking out from your 18th floor apartment in the middle of the city and seeing trees right in front of you. In an effort to stem climate change, reduce pollution, combat heat, and protect biodiversity, architects are teaming up with botanists, urban wildlife ecologists, and other scientists to design high-rise forests, living walls, and vertical farms in some of the world’s most populated places. These projects are happening all around the world, and they will not only change the urban

Cancel Culture: Social Justice or Mob Rule?

The rise of so-called cancel culture has enabled voices on social media to express disapproval for people’s words or actions. Individuals can be cancelled for racist statements, sexual misconduct, or other perceived misbehaviour. Cancel Culture: Social Justice or Mob Rule? looks at this phenomenon and the controversy over whether it often goes too far.

Career Planning in the Gig Economy

An estimated one-third of workers today are employed in the gig economy-and some labour experts believe this number will grow. Career Planning in the Gig Economy examines what these jobs entail, whether they are right for everyone, what people need to know if they plan to go this route, and how individuals are making the gig economy work for them.

Careers in the Gig Economy

Most teenagers have heard of the gig economy, but they might not know what it is or how it works or whether it would suit their future career plans. Careers in the Gig Economy offers practical guidance on these and other related topics. Books in the series focus on specific career fields, such as social media and marketing and the creative arts. Each book examines types of gig jobs in a given field, how to find them, how to connect with customers or employers, and the upsides and downsides of gi

Children During Conflicts (Crabtree Forest)  

Children in conflict zones experience life-threatening situations and witness violence. They are killed or injured; some are forced to fight; many are orphaned. This important series helps show the significant ways in which conflicts shape and change childrenÎs lives, impacting their families, their physical and mental health, and their futures. Extension questions encourage readers to think critically, make connections, and reflect. Perspectives boxes feature people affected by conflict. Each b

Crisis: Teen Mental Health at Risk

In 2021 the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the ChildrenÎs Hospital Association declared that there was a national emergency in child and adolescent health. This title explores teen mental health problems, reasons for the crisis, what is being done to help teens, and what more can be done to help.

Cyberattacks and Cyberscams: Is There an End in Sight?

Cybertechnology has supercharged traditional crimes and aggressions. It has also enabled new kinds of scams, extortion, and nation-state attacks. Using current events, this book explores crime, espionage, and warfare in cyberspace and how to defend against it.

Dealing with Addiction (BrightPoint Press)

Dealing with Addiction discusses several forms of addiction, from dependency on drugs and alcohol to the overuse of things such as social media and smartphones. The series explores the science behind addiction, how it affects people’s lives, and how treatment can help. Each book includes a graphic that presents key information visually, source notes, and resources to aid in further research.

Defying Death: Medicine's Journey Toward Immortality

Defying Death: MedicineÎs Journey Toward Immortality is an attempt to outline where medicine has travelled in the past and to chart where it may be heading in the future. More specifically, this work endeavors to illustrate how advances in modern medical technology often leave in their wake increases in human life expectancy. In the words of the researchers at the UKÎs Tony Blair Institute of Global Change, ÌOne of humanityÎs greatest success stories of the past century is the increase in global

Developing Digital and Media Literacy Skills

The sources of news and information seem limitless, but they are not all equally good or useful, and some are actually dangerous. TodayÎs teens have never known life without the internet, social media, and digital devices. Even so, they donÎt always understand what theyÎre looking at, how to find good information, and how to avoid false and misleading content. Developing Digital and Media Literacy Skills provides a down-to-earth look at the digital and media landscape and what teens can do to en