Money Skills For Teens by Ferne Bowe
Championed by: Ms. Hamerla, Ms. Carmona, and Ms. Martinez
The teenage years are important for learning, discovering the world, and exploring new interests and passions. It's a time of growth and self-discovery, where teens learn more about themselves and their place in the world.
While these are exciting times, they can also be daunting. With so much to learn and so many new experiences, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the responsibility of growing up.
That's where this book comes in. To help teens navigate one of the biggest responsibilities and challenges every young adult has to face: Money.
Love it or hate it, money is an essential part of life, and learning how to manage it effectively is crucial.
Money Skills for Teens, by Ferne Bowe (author of Life Skills for Young Adults & Life Skills for Tweens), provides everything a teen needs to know about personal finance. From budgeting and saving to investing and building credit, this book covers all the essential money skills every teenager should know.
Using real-life examples and easy-to-understand language, the book provides practical advice to help teens develop a healthy relationship with money. From budgeting and saving for emergencies to investing in stocks and using credit responsibly, this book covers it all.
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen Dubner
Championed by: Ms. Kleindiest and Ms. Burton
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? Which should be feared more: snakes or french fries? Why do sumo wrestlers cheat? In this groundbreaking book, leading economist Steven Levitt—Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and winner of the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark medal for the economist under 40 who has made the greatest contribution to the discipline—reveals that the answers. Joined by acclaimed author and podcast host Stephen J. Dubner, Levitt presents a brilliant—and brilliantly entertaining—account of how incentives of the most hidden sort drive behavior in ways that turn conventional wisdom on its head.