Scarecrow Press
Pages: 208
Trim: 7⅜ x 10½
978-0-8108-5632-5 • Hardback • May 2007 • $73.00 • (£56.00)
978-1-4617-3423-9 • eBook • May 2007 • $69.00 • (£53.00)
Robin F. Brancato is a full-time writer and the author of eight books for young adults, including Winning, Blinded by the Light, and Uneasy Money.
Part 1 Acknowledgments
Part 2 Introduction
Part 3 1 What Is This Thing Called Money?
Part 4 2 Let's Call It Income: Allowance and Beyond
Part 5 3 Landing a Job: An Earning Experience
Part 6 4 Shaking the Money Tree: Windfalls
Part 7 5 Use It or Lose It: Practicalities
Part 8 6 Laughing All the Way to the Bank: Saving
Part 9 7 How Does Your Money Grow? Investing
Part 10 8 Better to Give: Supporting Charities
Part 11 9 You've Got the Power! Teen Spending
Part 12 10 Time to Say Good Buy: Getting Your Money's Worth
Part 13 11 Ring Tones and Dream Machines: Cell Phone Plans and Car Purchases
Part 14 12 Getting the Credit: Debit and Credit Cards
Part 15 13 Enrolling in Money: Becoming Financially Literate
Part 16 14 Family and Friends: Avoiding Money Hassels
Part 17 15 Looking Ahead: Money and Your Future
Part 18 Appendix: Answers to Quizzes
Part 19 Index
Part 20 About the Author
...comprehensive and clear....
— VOYA