High School

High school students take a wide variety of courses and have more options to focus on subjects that interest them than in earlier years.

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Resources for High School

Cover of Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

Across Five Aprils

Newbery Honor novel following an southern Illinois farm family through the five Aprils of the American Civil War.

Cover of Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

Johnny Tremain

Newbery Medal historical novel following a Boston silversmith's apprentice into the events of the American Revolution.

Cover of Learning How to Learn by Barbara Oakley, Terrence Sejnowski and Alistair McConville

Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying

Barbara Oakley's bestselling learning-science guide rewritten for ages 10-17, teaching focused and diffuse thinking, chunking, and how to beat procrastination.

Cover of Learn Like a Pro by Barbara Oakley and Olav Schewe

Learn Like a Pro: Science-Based Tools to Become Better at Anything

A short, 160-page distillation of Barbara Oakley's learning research, co-written with Olav Schewe — the fastest way into the material for an older teen.

Cover of The Organized Student by Donna Goldberg and Jennifer Zwiebel

The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond

Donna Goldberg's practical system for teaching organisation — binders, backpacks, planners and workspaces — for the bright student who loses everything.

Cover of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

Sean Covey's teen adaptation of the classic habits framework — goal-setting, prioritisation and personal responsibility, aimed at ages 12-17.

Book cover of I Want More Pizza by Steve Burkholder

I Want More Pizza: Real World Money Skills For High School, College, And Beyond

A short, teen-friendly intro to money skills that uses a pizza metaphor to teach saving, budgeting, and compound growth. Written for high-school and college students; a quick, actionable first personal-finance read.

Book cover of Why Didn't They Teach Me This in School? by Cary Siegel

Why Didn't They Teach Me This in School?: 99 Personal Money Management Principles to Live By

A concise personal-finance primer built around 8 principles and 99 practical money lessons — budgeting, saving, credit, and investing — for teens and young adults. A popular graduation gift and homeschool money-skills supplement.

Easy Grammar Plus Student Workbook

Easy Grammar Plus Student Workbook

Student workbook for Easy Grammar Plus by Wanda C. Phillips, using the prepositional approach to teach grammar with low-prep daily lessons and built-in review. Grades 7 and up.

Cover of The Thinking Toolbox by Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn

The Thinking Toolbox: Thirty-Five Lessons That Will Build Your Reasoning Skills

A friendly, comic-illustrated follow-up to The Fallacy Detective, with 35 hands-on lessons and activities that teach practical reasoning, evidence, and problem-solving for ages 13 and up.

DK Smithsonian: The Science Book — Big Ideas Simply Explained

DK Smithsonian: The Science Book — Big Ideas Simply Explained

Comprehensive illustrated science reference covering key discoveries and concepts across physics, chemistry, biology, and earth science from ancient times to today.

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Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster

International Grandmaster of Memory Kevin Horsley shares powerful memory techniques and learning strategies to help students remember anything and learn faster.