This book is part of a book series called Essential Issues .

This book has been graded for interest at 11-17 years.

This book was published 2010 by Essential Library .

Hal Marcovitz is a journalist who lives in Pennsylvania. He is the author of the novel Painting the White House as well as more than 60 nonfiction books for young readers. His other titles in Chelsea House's Who Wrote That? series include biographies of Will Hobbs, R. L. Stine, and Bruce Coville.