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                                   NEW                                               Youth

                                 Student Debt                                        Substance Abuse
                                 A Reference Handbook                                A Reference Handbook
                                                                                     DAVID E. NEWTON
                                 WILLIAM ELLIOTT III
                                 AND MELINDA K. LEWIS                                 “ With the inclusion of
                                 Offering answers to essential                         data, legal documents,
                                 questions about student debt                          quality sources referenced
                                 and many connected issues, this                       throughout the book, and
                                 book examines student debt                            an annotated bibliography
            ABC-CLIO             in the United States at every   ABC-CLIO              at the end, this source is
            January 2017, 303pp, 6x9  stage of the process—from the   July 2016, 350pp, 6x9  a great starting point for
            Print: 978-1-4408-4487-4                            Print: 978-1-4408-3982-5  research.
            $60.00, £47.00, €55.00  banks that issue the loans to the   $61.00, £47.00, €56.00  ”
            eBook: 978-1-4408-4488-1  colleges and universities that   eBook: 978-1-4408-3983-2      —Booklist, January 5, 2017
                                 collect the payments.          This text provides readers with an in-depth understanding of
            FEATURES
                                                                the essential aspects of youth substance abuse—an important
            •  Provides a thorough and accessible treatment of student   contemporary personal, social, and public health issue.
              loans that fills a large gap in the reference literature

                                                                DAVID E. NEWTON, EdD, has been a freelance writer of
            WILLIAM ELLIOTT III is associate professor at the University of   nonfiction books and ancillary materials for young adults for
            Kansas.
                                                                nearly 55 years.
            MELINDA K. LEWIS is assistant director at the Center on Assets,
            Education, and Inclusion at the University of Kansas.
                                                                                     LGBT Youth

                                 Juvenile Justice                                    Issues Today
                                 A Reference Handbook                                A Reference Handbook
                                                                                     DAVID E. NEWTON
                                 Second Edition
                                 DONALD J. SHOEMAKER                                  “ An important resource
                                 AND TIMOTHY W. WOLFE                                  on a popular topic, this
                                                                                       title will most benefit
                                  “ good starting point for                            high school and public
                                    This book provides a
                                                                                              ”
                                   research by high school                             libraries.
                                   and college students,        ABC-CLIO                    —Booklist, June 1, 2014
                                                                April 2014, 318pp, 6x9
            ABC-CLIO               scholars, and general        Print: 978-1-61069-315-8  The increasing numbers of
            January 2016, 314pp, 6x9  readers as well as        $58.00, £45.00, €53.00  LGBT teenagers who choose to
            Print: 978-1-4408-4074-6  practitioners, activists, and   eBook: 978-1-61069-316-5  live their lives as “out” youth
                                        ”
            $60.00, £47.00, €55.00  others.
            eBook: 978-1-4408-4075-3                                                 face unique issues within
                                     —ARBA, September 28, 2016  their schools, families, and communities. This book provides
                                                                information that will help LGBT youth overcome their challenges
            Authoritative, current, and easy to use, this book is an outstanding
            resource for readers looking to gain an accurate and thorough   and give non-LGBT youth a better understanding of sexual
            understanding of American juvenile justice.         identities different from their own.


            DONALD J. SHOEMAKER, PhD, is professor of sociology at   DAVID E. NEWTON has been a freelance writer of nonfiction
            Virginia Tech. He has published extensively in the field of crime   books and ancillary materials for young adults for nearly 55
            and delinquency.                                    years.
            TIMOTHY W. WOLFE, PhD, is associate professor of sociology
            and director of the Human Services Program at Mount St. Mary’s
            University.


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