"When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer, they're suddenly thrust into the unsympathetic world of tubes and pills, doctors who don't use their correct pronouns, and hordes of "well-meaning" but patronizing people offering unsolicited advice as they navigate rocky personal relationships and share their story online. But this experience also deepens their relationship to their ancestors, providing added support from...

"Teen Innovators celebrates the determination and ingenuity of ten young people who created their own original inventions. From water testing to windmills, these youth use unique methods to overcome real world problems"--

"By 2007, giant tobacco had begun selling their own versions of e-cigarettes. They marketed e-cigarettes as so-called smoking-cessation devices, or aids to help smokers quit their dangerous habit. They claimed e-cigarettes were a more effective version ofnicotine patches and nicotine gum, which delivered the addictive substance in a less hazardous form. The federal government pushed back against e-cigarettes and teen vaping due to its health consequences....

"From the start, his path was never predictable. Steve Jobs was given up for adoption at birth, dropped out of college after one semester, and at the age of twenty, created Apple in his parents' garage with his friend Steve Wozniack. Then came the core and hallmark of his genius--his exacting moderation for perfection, his counterculture life approach, and his level of taste and style that pushed all boundaries. A devoted husband, father, and Buddhist,...