The Horn Book Guide

TECHNOLOGY

DuPrau, Jeanne

Cloning

112 pp. | Lucent | September, 1999 | Library ISBN 1-56006-583-4 $$23.70

(4) YA Lucent Overview series. A readable text, accompanied by relevant editorial cartoons and occasionally irrelevant black-and-white photos, presents a broad summary of cloning issues. The scientific aspects are somewhat glossed over, but the book does a good job of explaining how cloning has already affected agriculture and how it will someday affect human society, addressing its probable benefits and likely controversies. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta