Where In the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Author: Morgan Spurlock
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and director Morgan Spurlock, who volunteered his body as a guinea pig for the fast food industry in the hit documentary Super Size Me, now sets his sights even higher in Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Spurlock is a jittery father-to-be with a simple question: If OBL is behind 9/11 and all the ensuing worldwide chaos, then why can’t we just catch him? And furthermore, why is his message so compelling to so many people? So the intrepid Spurlock kisses his anxious wife goodbye and–armed with a complete lack of knowledge, experience, or expertise–sets out to make the world safe for infantkind and find the most wanted man on earth.
After boning up on his basic knowledge of OBL, Islam, and the Global War on Terror–and learning how to treat “sucking chest wounds” in a “Surviving Hostile Regions” training course–he hits the Osama trail. He zigzags the globe, drawing ever closer to the heart of darkness near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, where OBL is rumored to be hiding. Along the way he interviews imams and princes, refugees and soldiers, academics and terrorists. He visits European ghettos where youth aspire to global jihad, breaks the Ramadan fast with Muslims in Cairo, rides in the bomb squad van in Tel Aviv, and writes his blood type on his Kevlar vest at a U.S. base outside of Kandahar. And then the fun really starts.
Companion to the acclaimed documentary, Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? delves even deeper. What readers come away with is possibly the first-ever funny book about terrorism, as well as a greater understanding of aconflict that has cast a shadow across America and the world.
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It's Your World: If you Don't Like It, Change It: Activism for Teens
Author: Mikki Halpin
You can change the world.
Free Speech. Racism. The Environment. Gay Rights. Bullying and School Safety. Animal Welfare. War. Information about Safe Sex and Birth Control. Free Speech. HIV and AIDS. Women's Rights.
These are the issues you care about -- and now you can do something about them. It's Your World will show you how to act on your beliefs, no matter what they are, and make a difference.
The information inside includes:• The basics of activism
• Activism projects and outreach ideas
• The 5-minute activist
• How to be an activist at home, at school, and in your community
• Stories from teenagers who have taken on the world -- and won
• Resources including books, movies, and Web sites
• and much, much more
Whether at home, in school, or in your community, you have the power and the ability to create change, even if you aren't old enough to vote. Don't wait until you're eighteen to flex your political muscles -- start right now!
Publishers Weekly
New titles help teens better understand themselves and their world. With advice and real-world examples, It's Your World-If You Don't Like It, Change It: Activism for Teenagers by Mikki Halpin is aimed at teens trying to combat intolerance and injustice in such areas as animal rights, racism, environmental issues and LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning youth) acceptance. Halpin's guide suggests Internet and print resources and contains firsthand accounts from involved high school students. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Gilda R. Daniels - Children's Literature
In this very important election year, Ms. Halpin provides a good primer to plant the seeds of activism at an early age. She includes her ideas on how to address some hot button issues in our society, including racism, civil rights and sexual orientation. Ms. Halpin provides valuable resource information in her lists of web sites, organizations, books, and movies. She also includes ways to be an activist at home, at school and in the community. If the teenager doesn't have time for any of those options, she makes suggestions for "the 5-minute activist," which includes fast ways to make an impact, such as "click to e-mail" or "click to donate" web sites. Another great feature is the sidebars that include accounts from teenagers who are already actively involved. Although this book can serve as a good resource, Ms. Halpin may have bitten off more than she can chew. For example, in the chapter entitled "Fighting Racism," she asks, "Is 'nigger' a bad word?" Entire books have been written to address this issue. It is absolutely impossible to address this and other issues in this book. She rarely provides an historical context for these very difficult issues. Nonetheless, I believe her greatest contribution is in providing the information for the teenagers to arrive at their own conclusions about the issues and develop their own responses. Her unsupported commentary, however, tends to skew the issue and cause more confusion than clarity. Keep the resources, lose the commentary. 2004, Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, Ages 16 up.
School Library Journal
Gr 9 Up-Animal rights, racism, war protest, AIDS, school violence and bullying, women's rights, and promoting tolerance are among the topics covered here. Halpin provides basic information about each one and then makes myriad suggestions for action at home, in the community, the "five-minute activist," etc. The ideas are easy to implement. Each section is accompanied by authentic accounts of student experiences, including successes as well as difficulties, in trying to change their school or community or influence a world issue, such as the war in Iraq. Many of the ideas are easily doable-in school violence the suggestion is made to set up "bully boxes" so that students can anonymously and comfortably report incidents of harassment. The discussions end with an annotated list of Web sites, books, and movies while the book concludes with a seven-page resource list for general activism. This is an important book that will empower any young adult who would like to make a difference.-Joanne K. Cecere, Monroe-Woodbury High School, Central Valley, NY Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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