All About the Green: The Teens' Guide to Finding Work and Making Money

by Kara McGuire

Overview

Let's face it, we all need money in order to live. How we earn it is up to us. Whether you want to work for someone else or start your own business, this book will help you learn how to land that first job, figure out your paycheck, and negotiate a raise.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780756549299
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/01/2014
Series:	Financial Literacy for Teens
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	1000L (what's this?)
Age Range:	12 - 15 Years

About the Author

Kara McGuire is an award-winning personal finance writer, consumer researcher, and speaker. She writes a personal finance column for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and formerly worked for the public radio program Marketplace Money. She enjoys teaching young people and parents about money. Kara lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her husband, Matt, and children Charlotte, Teddy, and August.

Table of Contents

Jobs and career planning — Being your own boss — Wages and taxes.

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2014
Gr 9 Up—Insurance, investments, loans, and interest. Finances can be confusing and overwhelming even for adults, let alone teens, but series such as this one aim to teach young people how to be smart about money. Each title is devoted to a specific topic but all cover the same basic principles of spending and saving. McGuire uses an informal voice to explain Roth IRAs, financial aid, and the stock market, sometimes coming across as trying too hard, especially when slang is awkwardly employed. The design and layout also seems to have been created with teens in mind, but the result is chaotic and visually dissonant. While all of the books contain practical tips and advice, Making Money Work has the most coherent organization of information and is thus the most usable.

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