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Have you saved money for that new car you want? Do you wonder why your friends have money, and you don’t? Are you worried that you won’t have money saved for college? Looking around at our world, you see inflation, debt, and craziness. As a teen or young adult, did your education teach you what you need to navigate this world of finance and investing? Probably not. Sure, you can watch videos on investing your money, but everything seems contradictory and confusing.

This series, written by Charlotte Unsworth, a prolific blogger on English literature and English teacher at Skipton Girls High School, will examine each of the 15 poems you are required to study across AQA's Love and Relationships poetry anthology for GCSE. From Seamus Heaney's 'Follower' to Charlotte Mew's 'The Farmer's Bride', each poem will be fully examined, looking at structure, form and language so that you will gain an in-depth understanding of all the aspects that you need to study.

Are you sitting at home dreaming of a better future? Of course, everyone does that, but most don’t bother to get off their sofa and take action. But you’re different, right? You want to live an extraordinary life and be financially secure. You’ve come to the right place! A Teenager’s Guide on How to Get Rich is your one-stop guide to precisely what it says on the tin: learning how to line your bank account with cash and be comfortable for the rest of your days. After all, anyone can become rich.

Seriously Happy is a highly practical self-help guide exploring 10 life-changing lessons based on teachings of the ancient philosophers. YA listeners are encouraged to discover how Stoicism can improve your mental resilience; the calming, meditative influence of Zen; the decision-making prowess of Aristotle or the confidence-boosting ideas of the Cynic philosophers.

This DNA Study Guide, written by Mark Richards, a chief examiner for one of the leading UK exam boards, provides all the insights and analysis of this dramatic play of a group of students who do something very bad indeed. As well as providing individual tutorials on the context, the language and style, the setting, the structure and the themes, it goes through each part of the play, highlighting all you need to know. Furthermore, there are tutorials on how best to answer exam questions and a tutorial highlighting some of the key quotations.

In this very personal work - adapted from the original number one best seller, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so" - acclaimed lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully imprisoned and his efforts to fight for their freedom.

Arm your teen with the ultimate guide to financial independence–and watch them master money management quickly, even without prior knowledge.

At School with Dyslexia helps students realise their potential, and that their often creative and innovative ways of seeing and learning can be used to their advantage. It opens up ways of learning and organising themselves that had not occurred to them before, and the reassuring tips and advice from fellow dyslexic learners in every chapter convinces them that they are capable, and it is possible to study and achieve as a dyslexic learner.

The Fallacy Detective has been the best-selling book for teaching logical fallacies and introduction to logic for over 15 years. What is a fallacy? A fallacy is an error in logic a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking. “A cloud is 90 percent water. A watermelon is 90 percent water. Therefore, since a plane can fly through a cloud, a plane can fly through a watermelon.” This is an easy book for learning to spot common errors in reasoning. For ages 12 through adult. Fun to use - learn skills you can use right away.

The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. This remarkable reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America, and inspires hope for an antiracist future. It takes you on a race journey from then to now, shows you why we feel how we feel, and why the poison of racism lingers. It also proves that while racist ideas have always been easy to fabricate and distribute, they can also be discredited.

This book is your unofficial guide to navigating those tricky transitions. While your school and parents have armed you with the basics, there's a boatload of critical life skills that they might not cover—skills that are absolutely crucial for thriving in today's complex world. That's where "Teenage Girl to Super Woman" swoops in. Consider this your handbook for all the things that come after learning how to drive or picking a college major. It's about handling your digital life, understanding your emotions, and making decisions that reflect who you are and who you aspire to be.

The younger you are when you unlock the secrets of money, the more money you’ll have in your life. At your age, you have an advantage over the adults around you–the earlier you start with good financial habits, the more money you’ll have later. You’ve found a fun and engaging guide written by a teenager–one who already understands how to build wealth.

If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued flatlands and attended a large public one. Each day, their paths overlapped for a mere eight minutes. But, one afternoon, on the bus ride home from school, a single reckless act left Sasha severely burned.

Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, Beyond the Gender Binary, Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not in black and white, but in full color. Taking from their own experiences as a gender-nonconforming artist, they show us that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression. The only limit is your imagination.

Thinking about the future shouldn't be dry or confusing... It should be exciting and lead you clearly toward goals you didn't even know you had. You know you’ll need to make some decisions soon because you have choices ahead that require direction… but where do you start? The good news is that with a thoughtful and proactive approach, you can answer these questions and find a career path with your interests and passions at the center. With this knowledge, you’ll be able to hone the skills needed for a successful future and perfect your abilities to find – and get – the jobs you truly want.

Being constantly concerned with what people think of you or how you are seen in social situations may be draining and irritating, limiting your possibilities and development. As a parent or guardian, you want to support your children but are unsure how. The only way to achieve this is to explore for solutions. This workbook is a preliminary stage in your journey to overcoming your dread of people.

Do you want to help your child improve their spelling skills and win the Spelling Bee? The English language can be tricky to understand. There are so many rules and exceptions to rules that are not common sense to those learning the language. This includes our children who are learning how to spell. We want our children to feel confident in their spelling abilities and understand their own language, and that is why we created this audiobook. As parents, we want to give our kids the life they deserve. Which means providing them with the best education possible.

You're never too young to start! In Escape the Rat Race, you’ll find out: How "working to learn, not to earn" paves the way to money-making opportunities. The basics of making money by creating assets. How to make money work hard for you, so that you don't have to work so hard for money.

IELTS is the most popular English exam in the world today. It is also the ideal way to perfect the English language from a basic to advanced level. In this series, you will be escorted through the course with Richard Aspinall, a teacher who has a proven track record in teaching the IELTS curriculum successfully all over the world. He will take you through this "easy to follow" step by step guide where you will be represented by a student and you will learn everything you need to know to improve your English.

From coming out to friends and family, staying safe in relationships and practicing safe sex, through to self-care and coping with bullying, being out and about in the LGBTQIA+ community, and undergoing gender transition, this book is filled with essential information, advice, support, and resources to help you on your journey, and also works as a primer on all things LGBTQIA+ for non-autistic teens who are just figuring it all out.