Discusses the dangerous effects of smoking, why people start, why it's so hard to quit, and how to stop smoking.

In 1946 North Carolina, seamstress Maddie Sykes, a dressmaker for Bright Leaf's most influential women--the wives of powerful tobacco executives, uncovers dangerous truths about this lucrative industry in a place where everyone depends on Big Tobacco to survive. Maddie Sykes is a burgeoning seamstress who's just arrived in Bright Leaf, North Carolina--the tobacco capital of the South--where her aunt has a thriving sewing business. After years of...

This work talks frankly to teens about drugs, alcohol, and smoking. Begins with a section entitled "Daniela's diary," which presents real-life situations in fictionalized form. Offers information on the effects of using a variety of substances. "A tu edad, seguramente todavía no consumes drogas, pero por todas partes oyes hablar de ellas. ¿Sabes identificarlas? Tabaco, alcohol, marihuana-- todo el mundo las conoce. Es posible, incluso, que...