Books with author Jeff C. Young

This title introduces readers to the adventurous sport of skydiving. Readers will discover the sport's unique, must-have equipment, from the rig, main and reserve parachutes, pilot chutes, and harnesses to altimeters, automatic activation devices, clothing, helmets, goggles, proper clothing, and even airplanes. Important safety practices are also covered. Chapters highlight skydiving history, types of skydiving, such as tandem, static-line, and accelerated free-fall jumps, as well as skydiving competitions, such as formation skydiving, canopy formation, accuracy landing, free fall events, freestyle, and skysurfing. They also cover training, the United States Parachute Association, and how to earn a license, as well as famous athletes, including Don Kellner, Cheryl Stearns, and Holly Budge. Sidebars on the rules of packing parachutes, the kid-friendly Team Future, and skydiving lingo will put readers in the know. Readers can also find out how to get started in this exhilarating sport, from age requirements and physical and mental requirements, to where to find drop zones and indoor skydiving. Striking, colorful photos will put readers right in the middle of this action-packed sport. They'll have a blast getting ready for an Adrenaline Adventure! Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

In his youth, Cesar Chavez traveled the American west, performing the back breaking labor of a migrant farm worker. As an adult, he became an activist, working tirelessly to unionize California's farm workers and bring justice to the disenfranchised.In a matter of years, he not only rose from being a grassroots organizer to become one of the nation's most prominent labor activists, he also changed the face of labor in America, and helped poor farm workers get the civil rights that had been denied to them for so long. This new biography of Chavez follows the iconic activist from his youth during the Great Depression to his battles with California's grape growers during the 1960's and 70's to his posthumous receiving of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994, and touches on his contact with some of the 20th's centuries most prominent political figures, including Robert F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan.With numerous full color pictures, and quotes from Chavez himself and the people who stood on the picket lines with him, this inspiring story is vividly brought to life for a new generation of readers.