Vicki Oransky Wittenstein is the award-winning author of nonfiction books that fascinate and engage young readers while helping educators address the requirements of the Common Core State Standards.
Vicki Oransky Wittenstein
Young Adult History Book
Did you know that thousands of years ago women drank potions containing snake skins and foam from a camel's mouth to prevent pregnancy? Or that birth control was illegal during the 19th and 20th centuries? From ancient history to the present--explore the events and issues that continue to shape reproductive freedom and roil the nation.
Young Adult History Book
Take a harrowing journey through some of history's greatest medical advances—and its most horrifying medical atrocities.
Middle Grade Astronomy Book
Are we alone? Do Earth-like planets orbit the stars in the night sky? Dr. Geoff Marcy overcomes the odds to find out.
Latest News . . .
Reproductive Rights has been included on the Children’s Book Committee at the Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature Best Children’s Book of the Year list.
Reproductive Rights has been chosen for the 2017 Amelia Bloomer List, an annual list of the best feminist books for young readers.
Reproductive Rights is one of Booklist‘s Top 10 Science and Health Books for Youth: 2016.
Why I wrote Reproductive Rights: Who Decides?
A Booklist *starred* review calls Reproductive Rights: Who Decides? “an impressive resource” that “packs a wallop.” The book receives acclaim from Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal, and was named a Spring 2016 Junior Library Guild selection.
