Lauri S. Scherer – författare

This must-have volume explores issues related to gun violence, including the threat of gun violence for particular groups, such as women, children, and African Americans. Readers will evaluate the impact of gun control laws on gun violence, and the pros and cons of restrictions on guns in places such as bars, churches, and schools. This assembly of essays is also a terrific resource for report-writing and research. Sources include the Violence Policy Center, U.S.A. Today, Washington Times, and the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

The ingredients found in food are increasingly on the minds of consumers. This collection of fact-based essays and personal accounts covers the contentious nature of artificial ingredients. Readers will learn about artificial sweeteners, food colorings, B.P.A., and the link between artificial ingredients and behavioral problems in kids. Essay sources include Center for Science in the Public Interest, Marion Nestle, Susan B. Roberts, and Lisa De Pasquale.

About one in five school-aged children has obesity. It is essential that young people understand what this condition is, and how to avoid it. This book explores issues related to obesity. Readers will explore how widespread obesity is and what causes it. They will evaluate if junk food and soda should be taxed to reduce obesity, and if healthier school lunches can reduce obesity. Colorful photographs, charts, graphs, tables and editorial cartoons reinforce text and present data.

It is essential that your teens understand that sending or receiving a sexually suggestive text or image under the age of 18 is considered child pornography and can result in criminal charges. With 40 percent of the female teens taking part in sexting are doing it as a joke, this joke can end up with dire consequences. Give your readers an essential guidebook into the details and dangers of sexting. This collection of essays presents a diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance. Readers will evaluate such topics as whether sexting is a valid form of self-expression, whether America''s sex-crazed culture promotes sexting, and whether parents and adults are overreacting to sexting.

Editor Lauri S. Scherer has compiled a collection of essays that helps readers understand underage drinking as a perennial topic for debate. This volume covers the contentious nature of several issues, including lowering or eliminating the drinking age, parents drinking with their teens, and a variety of solutions for eliminating underage drinking on college campuses. Colorful photographs, charts, graphs, tables, and editorial cartoons reinforce the narrative and present data.

Do kids ask each other out to the movies anymore? Do dating websites yield good relationships? Should student-teacher dating be illegal? Is America''s hook-up culture sexist? This collection of personal accounts and essays helps readers navigate the controversies relating to dating. Readers will learn about teens and dating violence and date rape. Several other issues like these are debated by sources such as the American Psychological Association, Aaron Foley, Tina deVaron, Rebecca Kling, and Glenn T. Stanton.

This collection of essays explores issues related to death and dying. Each essay takes a pro or con stance on each topic, so that readers benefit from more than one thoughtful viewpoint. Readers will explore end-of-life care, and the economics and end-of-life care decisions. They will evaluate government involvement, and the rights of terminally ill people. Hospice care, and the relationship between technology and life spans are also debated.

This book richly explores the issues surrounding recycling. It presents diversity of opinion on each topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance. Does recycling save or waste resources? Is it necessary or unnecessary? What should we do with nuclear waste? Does electronics recycling pollute third world countries? Your readers will learn the answers to these and other essential questions. Essay sources include the Union of Concerned Scientists, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.

Michelle Wie is a professional female golfer, who, at the age of sixteen, turned professional. In 2014, she won the U.S. Women''s Open. This informative volume chronicles the life and accomplishments of the world''s highest-paid female golfer in history. Readers will be provided with an insight into Wie''s childhood, her journey from amateur to pro, and her accomplishments as a professional.

Since writing her debut novel after receiving the novel''s plot in a dream, Stephenie Meyer has achieved a level of stardom unknown to most authors of young adult fiction. This book explores the author''s childhood, before taking readers through the whirlwind tale of Twilight''s publication and the development of the blockbuster movie franchise. Chapters also discuss the controversy surrounding Twilight''s religious undertones and Meyer''s newest work.