Teens in Latin America and the Caribbean generally face a difficult path to adulthood. Poverty and unemployment, violence, political instability, and emigration

From the skyrocketing AIDS rate in Haiti to the oppressive pollution in industrial China, from the violent street culture of Nigeria to the crippling poverty in

Describes young people growing up in Mexico. Their challenges, pastimes, and customs.

This two-volume encyclopedia looks at the lives of teenagers around the world, examining topics from a typical school day to major issues that teens face today,

Although media coverage often portrays young people in urban areas as politically apathetic or disruptive, this book provides an antidote to such views through