Synopses & Reviews
Suze Orman advises women on how to handle their money--and now Jessica Blatt advises the women of tomorrow on how to handle theirs. The newest addition to the Teen Girls Gotta-Have-It series empowers girls by showing them why money matters. From making money, to saving money, to investing money, to spending money, The Teen Girls Gotta-Have-It Guide to Money is packed with sound advice and innovative ideas for helping girls manage their money wisely, starting right this minute. Real-life examples and upbeat text show girls that smart money habits arent just about scrimping and savingtheyre about creating freedom, choice, and independence. Quizzes, entertaining illustrations, and interactive elements (including a personalized real-life money plan) make learning about money fun and non-intimidating. Developed in consultation with finance expert and savings educator Variny Paladino, this book costs just $8.95--but the advice it offers is worth a million bucks.
Synopsis
Girls everywhere recognize the most challenging social situations: being the one loser sitting alone at lunch. Attending family picnics only to be the one person younger than "ancient." Having hairy legs. Or no bra. Or too big a bra. Or too small a bra. OMG, "nooooo"! The teen years are invariably fraught with happiness-hampering problems large and little. Thank goodness "The Teen Girl' s Gotta-Have-It Guide to Social Survival "is here at last, packed with witty illustrations and author Jessica Blatt' s sane, sage advice on surviving and thriving the social obstacle course that is teendom. More than fifty sample situations are covered, at school, with friends, with guys, at parties, in summer jobs, on family vacations, at camp. Interactive elements including word searches, quizzes, fill-ins make this the indispensable go-to guide for girls everywhere. OMG, "yesssss"!
About the Author
Jessica Blatt is the author of three previous books in this series. She also writes for
CosmoGIRL! and CosmoGirl.com, as well as for
Seventeen, Glamour UK, and
Food and Wine. She lives in Philadelphia, PA.
Variny Paladino is a financial consultant for public televisions MoneyTrack. She has served as director of the American Savings Education Council (ASEC) and the Choose to Save public service campaign. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.