Elizabeth Hoover – författare

Centuries of colonization and other factors have disrupted indigenous communities' ability to control their own food systems. This volume explores the meaning and importance of food sovereignty for Native peoples in the United States, and asks whether and how it might be achieved and sustained.Unprecedented in its focus and scope, this collection addresses nearly every aspect of indigenous food sovereignty, from revitalizing ancestral gardens and traditional ways of hunting, gathering, and seed saving to the difficult realities of racism, treaty abrogation, tribal sociopolitical factionalism, and the entrenched beliefs that processed foods are superior to traditional tribal fare. The contributors include scholar-activists in the fields of ethnobotany, history, anthropology, nutrition, insect ecology, biology, marine environmentalism, and federal Indian law, as well as indigenous seed savers and keepers, cooks, farmers, spearfishers, and community activists. After identifying the challenges involved in revitalizing and maintaining traditional food systems, these writers offer advice and encouragement to those concerned about tribal health, environmental destruction, loss of species habitat, and governmental food control.

Writer Suzanne Collins was forty-six when she published "The Hunger Games," a novel for young adults set in a dark future where North America has been obliterated by war and climate change. The residents of Collins''s dystopia are forced to send their children to fight to the death in a sadistic game created by the government. The book wrestles with meaty themes: the effect of war, the dangers of voyeurism in popular culture, and how governments use hunger and threats of violence to control populations. This new edition details Collins''s life before the Hunger Games, from the first eighteen years of her writing career in television to her well-received children''s book series called The Underland Chronicles. Later chapters explore the phenomenal and unexpected success of the Hunger Games series, a franchise which has a net revenue of over four billion dollars to date.

This biography covers the life and career of hip-hop musician Wyclef Jean. Born into poverty on the island of Haiti, Jean has come a long way from a barefoot boy who found himself surrounded by music and magic. As a former member of the Fugees, he is partially responsible for the history-making album The Score and is a multiplatinum recording artist in his own right. He has become a symbol of Haitian national pride and a generous philanthropist. This compelling volume offers students insights into Wyclef Jean''s early life and career. Informative sidebars, a detailed timeline, and an expansive bibliography support social studies and biography assignments.

Walter Dean Myers was a prolific author, penning over one hundred young adult and children''s books. According to the American Library Association, Myers won the Coretta Scott King Book Award six times. This informative edition covers the life of author Walter Dean Myers. The book spans Myers'' troubled childhood in Harlem, through his rise as an editor at a publishing house, and finally delves into his work as an author. Readers will learn about how Myers overcame racism and learning disabilities to ​become an award-winning author.