Saturday 25 May 2013

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financial reading for teens

Is 2013 the year you’re finally going to start on that long road to financial independence? There are plenty of books, blogs and videos out there with a dizzying array of financial advice and investing how-tos. The problem is that most are geared toward adults, who themselves can find the …

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HarperCollins launches HarperTeenImpulse

Young people read. In fact the YA category (book industry lingo) is the fastest growing segment in the book publishing world. Amazing the power we have. A recent article

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why lionsgate thinks ‘divergent’ can replace ‘twilight’

Lionsgate may have one mega-franchise ending in "Twilight," but the studio reassured investors and analysts Friday that it has already unearthed the next big thing in young adult

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beyond texts and tweets, young people still love to read books

In what may come as a pleasant surprise to people who fear the Facebook generation has given up on reading — or, at least, reading anything longer than

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new book showcases the best of diving dogs

The last time we caught up with Seth Casteel, his underwater dog photos had gone viral across the globe and more than 1,000 people had contacted him about

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the perks of being a wallflower

"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" is a classic novel about coming-of-age and a favorite among many Millennials. So when many teens and twentysomethings found out it was

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book review: skinny

Skinny, a new novel by Donna Cooner  hits the bookstores this week. This debut novel is receiving rave reviews.   Here is the book description below and  the

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how ‘the princess bride’ became the quintessential teen read

On this very Friday 25 years ago, The Princess Bride, a movie featuring the beautiful Robin pre-Penn Wright and the dashing Cary Elwes (whom hordes of teen girls would go

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book review: kodzo rebukes bullying in “locker 527″

By Alexis Stanley, Union High School, Roosevelt, Utah Sheridan Alexander has spent most of her life in various foster homes. At her new foster home she makes two goals:

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in search of the best teen novels ever

What's the the greatest teen novel of all time? It's a matter of no shortage of controversy and passionate opinion. People are very tied to the books they