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Accelerated Reader is a program based on the fact that students become more motivated to read if they are tested on the content of the books they have read and are rewarded for correct answers. Students read each book, individually take the test on the computer, and receive gratification when they score well. Schools using the Accelerated Reader program have seen a significant increase in reading among their students.

Globally and locally, teens are confronted with a wide variety of social issues and difficult political realities. These titles are excellent for community service learning and tolerance building.

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School Library Journal Review

Gr 9-12-- A collection of writings and photographs by South Africans who share ``a vision of a nonracial future.'' Selections include such different genres and points of view as a satirical play by a white South African; a black photographer's pictures of rural tenant laborers; a long piece from a historical novel about the life of a slave; the description by a black (presumably American) of anti-apartheid demonstrations at Columbia University in New York; the account of a Durban trade union theater center; and the story of a woman searching for her dead son in Scotland. While some of the selections are moving and immediate, it is not always clear which are fiction and which are factual personal accounts. The sequence of the readings is puzzling, with the final one providing simple information on apartheid that would have made earlier ones more understandable. Some entries have helpful footnotes for unfamiliar terms; others have such terms unexplained. The books listed in the bibliography vary in quality as well as difficulty. These current artists' voices can add depth for those who already know a good deal about South Africa. For others, the consistent voice of one of the many fine South African writers is likely to bring more understanding of apartheid. --Loretta Kreider Andrews, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Gr. 6-10. Stories, articles, and photographs give a view of South Africa today in this entry in the Icarus World Issues series (see also Teenage Soldiers, Adult Wars [BKL Je 15 91]). The editing and writing are uneven, and the journalism is generally better than the fiction; biographical and political notes--some clear, some turgid--give the context for each selection, and a map serves as background for the title page of each section. In his preface, Archbishop Tutu talks about the end of euphoria, the violence and suffering spawned by apartheid, and the resilience of young people working for a better world. An absurdist comic piece mocks the doublespeak rhetoric of the "Prime Monster" visiting "Stinkhole Bantustan." A harrowing account of township violence captures the way political repression affects ordinary people and splits generations. Though cramped in format, the photo-essays are the most eloquent: one shows protest music and theater; another, a community of impoverished farm laborers; and a third juxtaposes apartheid violence and individual relationships. A bibliography is included, together with notes and a somewhat random glossary. ~--Hazel Rochman