personal finance

Jean Chatzky offers advice to middle schoolers about their personal finances, describing ways to make, save, and spend money responsibly.

When an economic and social collapse finds Stan and Charmaine, a married couple, living in their car and exposed to the dangers on the streets, they see the Positron Project as an answer to their prayers. Everyone who participates is allowed to live in the comfortable town of Consilience with reliable employment, a roof over their head, and no worry for where their next meal will come from. The only trade off is, after living comfortably for six months, they must spend time as inmates at the local prison, after which time they can return to their home in Consilience. But when Charmaine becomes entangled in a romance with another man, the Positron Project begins to look less like an answer to prayers and more like a doomed prophecy coming to fruition.

Provides women of all ages with helpful advice on how to gather and maintain personal wealth. Discusses how to invest one's earnings in order to prepare for the future and contains real-world examples.

Details ten strategies teens can follow to effectively save money and put it toward a future goal. Contains real-world examples throughout and includes color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Describes strategies to help teens set financial goals, budget money, invest savings, control debt and protect wealth.

David Owen shares the strategies he used to teach his children to become responsible savers and spenders and offers other parents suggestions for teaching their kids smart money-management skills.

I'ts your money. What happens to it will directly affect the quality of your life.

Provides advice for teenagers and their parents on the best ways to invest money, explaining how to invest in stocks, mutual funds, IRAs, and college savings plans, how to research investment options, how to develop valuable investing and saving habits, and how to find help on the Internet.

Offers parents effective strategies to help their children learn the value of money, the importance of saving, and the dangers of overspending.

Introduces the responsibility of saving money for future use and provides a topic-related problem to reinforce math skills.