(Part 3) Reddit mentions: The best teen books

I second the Tamora Pierce suggestion. Also definitely Gregor the Overlander! Suzanne Collin's lesser known series (she wrote Hunger Games). I recently finished reading (it's a 5-book series) and it was FANTASTIC. Just amazing. It's a YA series. The House of the Scorpion is also great, might be for your stronger readers. Eragon series is fun, and Dealing with Dragons is still one of my all-time favorite dragon books/series. Bruce Coville is a great author, and his work might be a little young but it's good to have a mix. I absolutely loved everything of his I have read, but especially Aliens Ate My Homework and the rest of that series. Most of these will appeal to the young men, hopefully.



When I was a young lady, I read pretty much anything, but I know a lot of boys like books with a boy main character. I really was a bit horse crazy, so here's some you might look into for your young ladies. The Saddle Club is a very long series about 3 girls and their horse-y adventures. It was really fun and it's great to find longer series because, if they like the first one, there's a lot to enjoy. (Oh a thought - you could always get the first one in a series, then just tell them to get the rest from the library or something, if there's budget concerns) I also liked the Thoroughbred Series and the wonderful Marguerite Henry horse books, especially the famous Misty of Chincoteague but really any of her books is a good read. My all time favorite horse series was and still is The Black Stallion by Walter Farley. Oh, how I loved that book.


There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom was fantastic the first time I read it, and I also like the "Wayside School" books which are both by Louis Sachar. Judy Blume is fun as is Beverly Cleary. Redwall gets a lot of kids into reading, you also might consider some high-level comics/graphic novels to reach a different audience. The Hobbit Graphic Novel has great illustration and I loved reading it so much when I found it one day in a store.


I found history pretty boring so avoided those books but I did enjoy The King's Swift Rider about Robert the Bruce and Scotland, might be the only vaguely historical book I remember reading around those ages. I tried to avoid mystery books more or less, but I loved Encyclopedia Brown (even though according to Amazon it's for younger ages). I enjoyed Harriet the Spy she was a pretty cool girl role-model at the time. My Side of the Mountain was absolutely fantastic and such a great adventure, though I enjoy everything Jean Craigshead George writes. I feel like Julie of the Wolves is pretty standard reading material, maybe not anymore, but what a great story. Oh my gosh, I just about forgot The Indian in the Cupboard, that was such a good story. Anything Roald Dahl is wonderful as is Jane Yolen, I especially recommend the Pit Dragon trilogy. The Golden Compass, So You Want to be A Wizard, Animorphs, Goosebumps, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Kiki Strike, Dinotopia, Song of the Gargoyle and The City of Ember.


I am sure that is way more than you need, but my mind started racing. It was hard to stop once I started -- thank you for that enjoyable tour through my past. Lots of great memories of time spent reading. Hope you find some of this helpful, at least.

NON-FICTION:

• The first one I'd choose is Science: The Definitive Visual Guide which is more like a textbook than a conventional book (that gets recommended here). However, it's over four hundred pages long and pretty informative/interesting.
  
• Bad Science by Ben Goldacre which goes into a fair bit of detail on things like the MMR Vaccine Hoax and the true properties of the placebo effect as well as providing an unbiased summary of the evidence for/against the effectiveness of homoeopathic "remedies".
  
• Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown which, like Bad Science, has a good few chapters on "debunking" pseudo-science but also explains things like hypnosis, muscle reading and memory improvement techniques such as the Method of Loci (which has featured in BBC's Sherlock, amongst other things). Although, the book is party autobiographical so if you're not interested in Derren Brown to begin with then you may want to avoid it (or at least watch some of his TV shows first.
  
• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins which I'll admit I picked specifically because it's rather controversial; but, at the same time, it deals with pretty complex moral issues and gets discussed a lot on Reddit.
  
  Although, you can almost tell by reading it that it's written by an aged Oxbridge professor of some obscure subject as he uses words like "capricious" and terms like "Keynesian" which does come across as rather pretentious.
  
  
  FICTION:
  
  
• Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal by Thomas Harris are all quite good, but, if I had to choose between them, I'd probably pick The Silence of the Lambs as the storyline's a bit more unique (in the sense that Red Dragon's a bit like other detective/thrillers).
  
  I feel I should also add here that there's a fourth book in this series called Hannibal Rising that's just rotten and apparently was only written because Dino De Laurentiis owned the film rights to the character Hannibal Lecter and said he was going to make a prequel regardless of whether or not Harris wrote the book. I'd highly discourage anyone from reading this book as it's utter garbage.
  
  
• Sherlock Holmes Novels and Short Stories which contain some outdated terms as well as drug use, casual racism and the treatment of Phrenology as a scientific discipline (as it was at the time). But, despite this, I think it's fair to say that it's some of the most highly regarded detective fiction of all time (so far).
  
  I'd probably recommend not starting with A Study In Scarlet as it's structured completely differently to all the other novels/stories (as it sort of jumps back in time to previous events). At the very least I'd say that if you did start with A Study In Scarlet and didn't like it you should try reading at least one of the short stories before giving up altogether.
  
  
• I-Robot by Isaac Asimov is pretty good if, like me, you like to kind of dabble in Science Fiction but never quite get into it in a big way as it's presented as a series of nine interconnected short stories (of which my personal favourite is Reason as it reads like existentialist philosophy - and would probably give you a brain-gasm if you read it whilst high on something).
  
  
• Oh, and 1984 by George Orwell 'cause it's on almost every list of "must read" books ever written. Also, it's pretty damn good.
  
  EDIT: Also, if anyone's looking for free ebooks feel free to message me and I can give you links to TOR hidden websites

This is going to seem like a really strange choice, but it's coming from another 16 year old. I recommend Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman, as it is one of my absolute favorite books. It may only appeal to him if he likes science or engineering, but it's worth a shot regardless.

In a similar vein to the Chronicles of Narnia, may I recommend The Hobbit/ The Lord of the Rings? Both are great stories that he may like. Although they are not the best written books in terms of writing quality (in my opinion), the Inheritence Cycle by Christopher Paolini might appeal for entertainment value. Perhaps a lesser known author that I greatly enjoy is Megan Whalen Turner, author of The Thief, The Queen of Attolia, and The King of Attolia. I just became aware of this book and have thus never read it, but A Conspiracy of Kings by the same author is bound to be good.

Steering away from fantasy, he may also like science fiction. I recommend any Ray Bradbury. Most of his stories are short, so for someone who doesn't read often they are great. My favorite are the Martian Chronicles, but R is for Rocket is also a good compilation. All of the Artemis Fowl series are recommended as well.

If I think of any more, I will certainly edit this post.

My experience with trans-related YA novels is rather limited (see below), but overall I would just like to see (eventual) acceptance. If it's a story about someone in (early) transition, I would like to see all the feels and doubts and hopes about everything, so that it can be cathartic for the trans reader and maybe invoke empathy from the cis reader. If it's a story about someone who is post-transition, then please make them successful at the end, because frankly we need more positive stories.

The only trans-related YA book I've read is "Being Emily" by Rachel Gold:

https://www.amazon.com/Being-Emily-Rachel-Gold/dp/1594932832

I loved this book, and not just because of the title. I've "known" that I was trans in one sense or another since just before puberty, but I didn't accept myself until I was 44 years old. However, even if I had accepted myself when I was in high school, there is no way I could have successfully transitioned in mid 1980s Memphis, TN. So reading this book allowed me to reclaim a small part of my adolescence, and provide some closure. And yes, I cried several times while reading it.

My favorite thing I have done in 2014 is come out of my shell. I decided I was going to try to not be so shy this year and I have made so many new friends (both in real life and on this subreddit). It has truly been a blessing and I feel a lot less alone! :)

I would love this book if I won. Thank you for the contest and welcome back!

We sure do disagree that Canadian healthcare isn't considered universal.

Also:

The LUP is listed as socialist, not communist. Also Bernie left in 1977.

And though you may not be open here's Bernie describing his opinion on the topic from his new book, a primer on civic engagement:

>...democracy is not a spectator sport. We can no longer sit back and allow ourselves to have one of the lowest voter turnouts of an major country on earth. We can no longer allow the wealthy and their campaign contributions to determine the future of our government. We must move boldly forward to revitalize American democracy...

>Today the Central Intelligence Agency describes thirty-one different forms of government around the globe in its World Factbook...

>COMMUNISM - everyone is considered equal, and private ownership of property or wealth is forbidden. Communism's aim is a classless society.

>DEMOCCRACY - power is retained by the people, but exercised by representatives to whom the people have delegated authority. In a democracy, the people choose and review their representatives regularly in cyclical elections...

>OLIGARCHY - decisions are made by a small group of people considered elite based on intelligence, race, or wealth and serve the group's self-interest.

>SOCIALISM - a central government controls the production and distribution of goods to establish an equitable distribution of labor and property...

>TOTALITARIANISM - the state holds all the power in both political and economic matters and also seeks to control people's attitudes, Values, and beliefs...

>     All in all, the key purpose of the Constitution and Bill of Rights is to ensure that the voice of the individual citizen is both heard and counted...

So whether he's a social democrat or a democratic socialist may be open to debate but what I do know is that he's the will of the American people and a personal hero.

The Tardis makes me really happy. I also really love fleece blankets. I ain't birthed no babies!

Also. [Happy Birfday.] (http://www.amazon.com/Across-the-Universe-ebook/dp/B00475ARSO/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1376882087&sr=1-1&keywords=across+the+universe) I'm reading the third in the series right now and they're awesome. The website is also really bad ass.

Congrats on being an Aunt! I like the name, it's pretty. Have a great birthday!

>Where and when did you decide to become a novelist?

I have always loved writing. I have pictures of myself in first grade with my first "story" (about three sentences that told the story of the characters on my coloring sheet. For Career Day, I dressed as a secretary and carried around a typewriter because I didn't know you could have a career as author and I just wanted to do something where I typed. Everyone told me I needed a "day job" to be a writer--and they were right, I did need an income that was more regular until I could make it.

>Did you go to school to achieve your current status or did you take a different path?

No schooling. I took one creative writing class in college, and my professor--the head of the CW department--said on the first day that we could write anything for his class except sci fi and fantasy because he didn't want stories where you could wave a magic wand and everything's fine. Which is utterly stupid, because SFF isn't about that at all. I stuck it through that one class, and was so disillusioned by the elitism and snobbery of the literary wannabes that I noped out of there. Instead, I got my degree in English education, and worked as a high school teacher for six years before I could break through in publishing. I wrote ten novels over the course of a decade, submitted them all, and racked up about a thousand rejections from agents and publishers. It was basically like working a second job. My big breakthrough came with my first published novel, Across the Universe, which enabled me to quit my job and turn writing into my career.

>What is your advice for aspiring writers?

When given the choice between staying at home and writing all day or going out and having an adventure, choose the adventure. A life lived well and diversely will give you more and better stories than a life lived holed up. Of course there's a time when you need to put your butt in the chair and work, but don't do it at the expense of living.

Also, find your community. Writing is very solitary, but the writing community isn't. Reach out to other writers on your level, in your genre, etc. If you write YA, /r/YAWriters is a great resource (disclosure, I'm a mod there, but we are pretty awesome).

>And how does one become a writer for Lucasfilm?

Luck. They came to my agent and asked if I'd be interested and I tried not to freak out when she passed the offer to me.

How good do you want them to be? These aren't highbrow by any means, but they are some of my favorites:

• Firestorm by David Klass
  
  
• An Abundance of Katherines by John Green or pretty much anything by John Green because he is amazing!
  
  
• The Dark is Rising Series by Susan Cooper although to be fair, I read these when I was like 12, so they might not be as good as I remember.
  
  That's all I can remember offhand. I'll think on it and add more if I have a chance.

Fantasy: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner. The first book is good, but the second and third are fantastic.


Non-fiction: Catching Fire: How Cooking Made us Human by Richard Wrangham. Flat-out the most fascinating book I've ever read. About evolution and shit.

Literary Fiction: Orsinian Tales by Ursula K. Le Guin. The writing is so beautiful, moving, exquisite, all that good stuff. Le Guin's best work, imo.

Science Fiction: The High Crusade by Poul Anderson. Sooooo awesome. Has some elements of fantasy in it (the medieval part anyway.) Basically, knights vs. aliens.

It might be from Deadline, by Chris Clutcher.

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>
>“But God knows, right?”
“Nope again.”
“God doesn’t know how things turn out?”
“It knows that things turn out. Listen, Ben, I could
spend a whole bunch of human time telling you how things
are. But if your doctor’s right, you’ll know soon enough,
okay? Let me satisfy your curiosity for now, and then let’s
stop talking about all this and live your life. God isn’t a guy.
God isn’t a girl. God is a force. You have all these people try-
ing to figure out whether to believe in God or the big bang.
Well, God is the big bang. God is the ultimate scientist. If
God relegated his thinking to human cognition, it would
never get anything done. I mean, look how slow you think,
and you’re probably the smartest kid in your class. Just know
that everything started as one, everything still is one, and it
will end up as one.

​

What sort of age are you (I'd guess that 11th grade would mean early teens - but I'm not american so I wouldn't be certain).

If you're interested in more "adult" books then I'd recommend the Hannibal Lecter series by Thomas Harris (as when I was that age I was put off by the fact that a lot of the books written for teenagers are written like they're for young children).

If you're interested in science then I'd recommend this one (although it's physically quite big, and so not really bedtime reading material). I'd also recommend the physics of star trek by Lawrence Krauss and Bad Science by Ben Goldacre.

Are you looking for physical books or ebooks?

For a cheaper alternative but not as guided, check out these books as well. Very short and clear examples of different circuits that are used all over the place.

http://www.amazon.com/Timer-Amp-Optoelectronic-Circuits-Projects/dp/0945053290
http://www.amazon.com/Science-Communication-Circuits-Projects-Forrest/dp/0945053320
http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Circuits-Projects-Engineers-Notebook/dp/0945053312

I was at the same point you were at so I started working through every example in the timers and op amps book. It helped more than I could have imagined! You can buy a dozen 555 timers and 741 op amps, a breadboard and some jumper wire and make half of the circuits in that book for under $30. Very useful stuff. It will also help you narrow down what sub fields of EE you enjoy.

As /u/dandyissues pointed out Nevada was surprisingly good for the internal bits of experience. Also Being Emily by Rachel Gold was good in that it included sections from the POV of the trans character, whereas a lot of YA fiction centered around trans issues doesn't feature trans POV characters. The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff is also interesting as its a fictionalised account of the life of Lili Elbe.


(Additionally to that I really don't think Seasonal Velocities gets nearly enough love, its an amazing collection of short written pieces set against four seasons, well recommended, its not really fiction but an unusually awesome account of transness related through all sorts of means)

There's a lot of great apologetics out there that make the case for Christianity and the Bible. Don't believe everything you hear. A lot of people try to cast doubt on the Bible as being unreliable but that simply isn't the case.

A book that helped me a lot when I was in high school was "Don't Check Your Brains at the Door". Although like I said there's a ton of stuff out there, you just have to look for it because it's not heavily promoted, even sometimes by churches. Anyway, you're right, you don't have to "just believe". By that logic, any religion is true. There are reasons Christianity and the Bible are true.

For reconciling science and the Bible, I like this organization and here are some more apologetics on the Bible.

Ask questions, seek answers, they're out there. After all, God created the Universe and made us in His image right? So wouldn't studying the Universe, His Creation, point to the Creator? Of course. Wouldn't using the logic and reason that God gave to us point to Him? Of course.

EDIT: It seemed right to try to address some of your questions here rather than simply do a linkstorm. The authors of the NT don't treat the OT as solely symbolic. For example, in Matthew 19 Jesus Christ refers back to Genesis to make the case for marriage. If God Himself thought the OT was reliable, shouldn't we? Plus, the OT has a lot of history in it and archaeology has constantly backed it up. People used to say King David wasn't real, but then they found an inscription from another culture talking about King David of Israel, and there are many other examples I simply can't recall.

I have no idea where you're getting the idea that the Gospels were written so long after Jesus's death, I'm not aware of any scholar that claims this.

C.S. Lewis cautions against claiming Jesus was just a good teacher. Actually, he proposes it is a tactic of the devil to lead people astray. Jesus Christ claimed to be God's son, either He was or He wasn't and if He wasn't then I don't see how any teaching of His is worth following. If He was, then He was far more than just a good teacher.

The Greeks had a pantheon of gods who basically were just magic humans, they were corruptible, fickle, and often cruel. They had multiple legends surrounding them, some contradictory. That's not what you see with Scripture. With the Bible you have a book that tells a cohesive story of God and His plan to redeem humanity even though it was written over thousands of years and by multiple authors.

You should get this book for yourself, because quidditch is without a doubt the best fictional sport ever.

And for me, these sunglasses because I live in Hawaii and it's super bright here like...90% of the time.

Edit: Oh! Or a gift card for me would be super nice, so I can put it toward my Wii U fund! :D

Mischief Managed!! (I'm so excited!)

1. I have this phobia about drinking after other people. So, when it comes time to (not) drink from the Goblet of Fire, I think I prefer these for my own personal use. Also...(and more importantly)...HOUSE PARTIES!!!! No party is complete without the booze! It will also be great to make a toast from when we win the Quidditch and the House Cup!
   
   
2. Because Quidditch!!!!! I really want to make the Quidditch team because sports and hitting people are awesome things to do! I can't make the Quidditch team without this... Woohoo!
   
   
3. This beanie is to stop people from other houses sitting with us. Exclusivity and cliques are the hallmark of any school system. (Also, I can wear it while playing Quidditch!!!!)
   
   
4. Again: QUIDDITCH! When I try out for the Quidditch team, I want to be able to make it look like I know what I'm doing.
   
   
5. I'm a modern girl, and I went go off to boarding school, I have to pack a lot of stuff, including all of my Quidditch memorabilia. In this modern age, I like all of my luggage and travel cases to have wheels.
   
   
6. I mean, what wizard is complete without one?

So as far as hobby books go, I'd generally suggest the Forest Mims Engineering note books. They have a ton of useful circuits, and mini projects and stuff. Very useful for Tinkering and useful all around. Also pretty easy to read and follow.

• Book 1
  
• Book 2
  
• Book 3
  
• Book 4

Well, there's /u/bethrevis' Across the Universe trilogy for starters. I didn't like the first book much, but loved the next two.

Cecil Castellucci's Tin Star is a standalone YA sci-fi with strong Titan A.E. vibes.

Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game also fits, though it's a smaller focus, I think.

More adult than YA, but I'm currently reading Steven Erikson's Willful Child and it fits the easy reading notes. It's kind of Star Trek helmed by meta-William Shatner/Zapp Brannigan/Zaphod Beeblebrox, as narrated by Kurt Vonnegut.

I believe These Broken Stars would also fit the YA space opera label, though I haven't read it.

Edit: And if you don't mind spinoffs, I forgot about Star Wars' Young Jedi Knights series. Loved those as a kid. Not sure how they stand up, but that was the series fitting the YA niche instead of adult or MG.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch is fantastic cereal! :D

I would LOVE this book. I was gifted the first book, Divergent, by someone here in RAOA and I ate it up in less than 24 hours, it was that good. I need to see where the story goes. :)

I teach APCS. There's no doubt that having a good, experienced teacher can make a difference. But I also believe that for a motivated student, there are plenty of resources available online that can prepare you well too. I really like the [Litvin prep book] (https://www.amazon.com/Prepared-Computer-Science-Exam-Java/dp/0982477538/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481588368&sr=8-1&keywords=be+prepared+for+the+ap+computer+science+exam+in+java). It tells you exactly what you need to know and its practice exams are just a little more rigorous than the ones on the AP exam. If you do well on those you will definitely do well on the exam. I also like [this] (http://interactivepython.org/runestone/static/JavaReview/index.html) online textbook, from Georgia Tech. Finally, [PracticeIt] (http://practiceit.cs.washington.edu/) and codingbat are indispensible. Just do lots of coding on your own and you will be in good shape.

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A used paperback of The Monstrumologist would be awesome if I win. Thanks for holding the contest! :)

• Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, about an angel and demon dealing with the apocalypse when the Antichrist is accidentally raised as a perfectly normal 10-year old human.
  
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, which gets fairly philosophical.
  
• A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears by Jukes Feiffer, the illustrator for The Phantom Tollbooth, about a prince who makes everyone around him burst out laughing.
  
  Would also second David Sedaris' humorous essay collections.

Yes, it's definitely The Dark Is Rising - so, so good. The rest of the books in the series are pretty fab as well - taught me everything I know about Arthurian legend.

This is quite a good one (although it was writen before the age of health and safety so some of the experiments are pretty dangerous - for example recommending sniffing chlorine and the like).

Also, if you're interested in science if general then I'd recommend this book here. Although I should warn you that it's very heavy (both physically and in terms of the content).

Also, I'd recommend visiting www.compoundchem.com/

The Monstrumologist series by Rick Yancey is another good fiction series.

For non fiction it's not quiet crypto but it is ghosts: Ghost Hunter- Hans Holzer. It's a collection of sorts about early paranormal investigation.

Another series I like that's fiction is The Newsflesh series by Mira Grant. It's zombies (I know, over done) but a really cool universe of post apocalypse society.

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I supplied my daughters with Lego and Lego Mindstorms kits and made sure they had a bottomless bucket of books. Both went on to STEM fields and they were some of their favorite things growing up.

At the risk of offending the for girls crowd, Lego has loads of kits targeted at girls.

Definitely check out Scratch as others have mentioned.


Two books I like to recommend for kids interested in STEM

The Phantom Tollboth
The Number Devil

>in the opinion of modern scholars

In the opinion of some modern scholars. The opinions to which you give voice are hardly universal and they're trending toward a minority among contemporary scholars. Such views were much more widely held at the beginning of the 20th Century, for instance, than they are today.

Among the scholars to which you can refer to good scholarship and a less Modernist point of view are N.T. Wright and Scott Hahn. Both are (as far as I know) well regarded scholars of the Bible. There are others but those are the two that spring to mind.

>the disciples didn't really believe Jesus was God (if he existed)

I think this is false on the face of it, and even Bart Ehrman concludes that it was their belief in the resurrection that convinced Jesus' disciples that Jesus was God in the years immediately following the crucifixion. See here for a radio interview with Ehrman about his book, How Jesus Became God.

Ehrman courted the disfavor of his atheist admirers in one of his other recent books, where he took aim at the Jesus mythicists, arguing that Jesus was definitely an historical character.

Again, I would refer you to N.T. Wright and his works on the historicity of the Bible.

> the Bible is a collage of stolen myths

Once again, this is just flatly false and is only believed by the most extreme "scholars" in the Jesus Mythicist camp (as far as I know).

>My second question: is there a term for someone who studies Biblical topics in general? As in one who studies ancient near-east cultures, comparative mythology, languages, Biblical source documents, Jewish literature, archaeology, and other "Biblical Humanities"? That's what I like.

I don't know about a "term", but check out Scott Hahn, the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, this book (if you can find it), and especially (for this question), I would recommend John Walton and his books, The Lost World of Genesis One and Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible.

It's always best to go with the official study books. Here's the SAT and the ACT

Princeton Review is known for test-prep, but I've never used them, so I can't attest for quality... I just know that the official guides from the people who make the test are always your best bet for prep.

It's in that order for reasons, but none of them have to do with readability. Unless you're well-grounded in Biblical studies, there are better ways to read the Bible than straight through. My recommendation is to pick up some sort of study and read along with that. This may help you get started.

You need to read Marc Cerasini's series of books. These are probably my favorite Godzilla stories of any that are out there. Seriously Godzilla 2000 is amazing...

In the first book they reference the reason why he's in Japan but never fully explain it. Paraphrasing how Marc put it, it's his home territory. We have to think of Godzilla as an animal controlling his area. I think it's the perfect story behind Godzilla's reason to be in Japan. Godzilla is a wolf and anything that enters his territory is gonna get it.

Also in Dark Horse, Godzilla, King of the Monsters Special they take it in a different direction. That story says there's an artifact that is drawing all of the monsters to Japan. It's a cool story but a very different one for the big G.

The class starts assuming you have no knowledge of Java or programming at all for that matter. It's what you make of it. It's an application based course that requires you to build off of topics learned earlier for creating more and more complex programs. So, by the time the test comes around you should have a good knowledge of all the topics that could be covered(sans maybe ASCII). Don't sweat it I got a 4 without too much studying. I don't reccomend Barons for free response only multiple choice and

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What you do is buy a copy of Bernie's book - either Our Revolution: A Future to Believe in or his other book Bernie Sanders' Guide to a Political Revolution.

From there I followed the instructions on their Instagram page:

>Send your copy to the office with a note to Bernie and he will sign it. Please include a return envelope with postage paid. Use the media mail postage rate, its cheaper. Send it to Bernie's campaign office called Friends of Bernie Sanders to PO Box 391, Burlington, VT 05402. It takes a while for him to have time to sign, so please be patient, but he would be happy to sign it for you!

I sent my book in a box and included a 10 X 14.5in. self-addressed postage paid bubble envelope so that after Bernie signed it, they could return it to me. Also, it took about 2 and a half months for me to have the book sent back, so it will take a while. But it's worth it for a signed Bernie book if you ask me! <3

Nemesis from what i've heard, is a pretty good Kaiju book
Also Godzilla 2000 is a personal favorite of mine, it has nothing to do with the Godzilla 2000 movie, they just have similar titles

"Let's start with what you know."

I'm going to remember that for my own kids, brilliant idea. My parents kinda deflected it when I first asked, so when I was 11 they gave me this book. It was really useful. There's a version for girls as well.

Also Dawkins' Children's Lectures are wonderful. But as for books the Golden Compass (Fiction) is a great one fro kids her age.

http://www.amazon.com/Materials-Trilogy-Golden-Compass-Spyglass/dp/0375842381/ref=sr_1_sc_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330737562&sr=8-2-spell

Oh man, I was totally going to recommend this book but I thought it wasn't around anymore. My mom is a nurse, so she had no problem telling me how things were, but most of my friends were given a copy of The Care and Keeping of You at one point or another.

This one was popular too: https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Happening-Body-Book-Girls/dp/1557044449/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205158158&sr=1-1

Not sure but I'm hoping for books :) Particularly have my eye on this beauty

Purchase and read through this book, thoroughly. Then do the practice tests in it:
https://www.amazon.com/Official-ACT-Prep-Guide-2016/dp/1119225418/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475214343&sr=8-1&keywords=red+book+act


Approach questions with confidence after you read the book.

E: Learn the English grammar rules: http://blog.prepscholar.com/act-grammar-rules

M: Brush up on math with Khan Academy SAT Math Practice.

R: Practice tests!

S: Practice tests!

• When taking practice tests, always take them in a realistic environment (preferably in the AM).
  
  
• USE A TIMER. Practice setting the timer 5 minutes early. This will help you get used to 5-minute warnings. Try to finish AT the 5-minute warning so you have time to go back and check.
  
  You'll do great!
  

The one I read when I was that age was Josh McDowell's Don't Check Your Brains at the Door, which was really accessible and helpful. Easy to grasp and covers most of the difficult questions.

When I was in ninth grade (so five years later?), my school used Living Loud by Norman Geisler, which was helpful in that it also addressed other religions and philosophies.

I mean, keep in mind these'll both be classical or evidential rather than presuppositional, but even having a good apologetic foundation does wonders at that age.

The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Jester

this book revolutionized my world, learning about how language and syntax can be used was freaking FANTASTIC.



also, try the "His Dark Materials Trilogy" books....really cool magical worlds that I always got lost in.

EDIT: it makes me happy so many people read the dark materials trilogy, those books really opened my mind up to a lot of worldly concepts.

Yep. Although look into also getting a separate book for FRQs. I used this book for FRQ practice to great effect (took it in May 2018, got a 5). Although YMMV, since I had years of prior experience.

There's the Godzilla: With Lights and Sound book for the new movie.

Godzilla vs Gigan and the Smog Monster picture book, obviously used is much cheaper.

[Godzilla on Monster Island] (http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-Monster-Island-Pictureback-R/dp/0679880801/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412126648&sr=1-10&keywords=godzilla), Godzilla Likes to Roar, and Who's Afraid of Godzilla and great but pricey even used.

And I'm not sure of the reading level of your child but there are the Scott Ciencin books.

• Godzilla: King of the Monsters
  
• Godzilla Invades America
  
• Godzilla vs the Space Monsters
  
• Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island
  
  And there's the more advanced series by Marc Cerasini:
  
  
• Godzilla Returns
  
• Godzilla 2000
  
• Godzilla at World's End
  
• Godzilla vs the Robot Monsters
  
  

Stardust by Neil Gaiman. http://www.amazon.com/Stardust-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0060934719

His Dark Materials Trilogy is good, though the movie was bad. http://www.amazon.com/Materials-Trilogy-Golden-Compass-Spyglass/dp/0375842381/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334109041&sr=1-2

Piers Anthony writes funny fantasy. I enjoyed the first dozen or so of his Xanth novels. http://www.amazon.com/Spell-Chameleon-Xanth-Book/dp/0345347536/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334109146&sr=1-1

What about the best condition used Quidditch Through the Ages that's under budget? I see they exist!

These three books are AWESOME reference materials for beginners:
Electronic Formulas, Symbols & Circuits https://www.amazon.com/dp/0945053304/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_jH83AbPDS160A

Timer, Op Amp, and Optoelectronic Circuits & Projects https://www.amazon.com/dp/0945053290/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_mI83Ab16XQRSG

Electronic Sensor Circuits & Projects, Volume III (Engineer's Mini Notebook) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0945053312/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_II83Ab8BXSKS1

No idea if it's really comparable, but I was given this. There's a version for girls also.

I can't recommend either of them specifically, but I definitely think this was more comfortable to everyone involved than one big "the talk". Not that we never talked about any of this stuff (especially "Wear a condom, stupid!"), but it's a lot less intimidating to read a book on your own and on your own time, than try to talk about it with the two people you most want to imagine never have sex, even though your very existence is evidence to the contrary.

Try:

• Fever series by Karen Marie Moning
  
• Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger
  
• Others series by Anne Bishop, only one book out but it was really good
  
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone series by Laini Taylor

Also, if out of sources, order the the new red book.

This will have 3 additional recently administered exams. So make the best use of them!

I want to suggest The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner and its sequels. These are some of my favorite books and I feel they are not popular enough for how good they are.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Thief-Queens-Book/dp/0060824972/

I highly recommend Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone (2011). It had me at "cheek-chew of bitterness." I still say that in my head. What I would do to come up with stuff like that!

Could it be The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper? There are five books in the series, all of them are excellent.

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Check this out. I have this, and it's great.

I read through this book a couple of times in high school - it's a great intro to apologetics, and it's very simple. Don't Check Your Brains at the Door

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner. It's classed as Young Adult, but it's awesome for any age. No looking at the summaries for the next ones until you've read each one, though. Spoilers abound.

I was reading His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman when I was 9.

They're still some of my favorite books.

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I thin you will like The monstrumologist series by Rick Yancey

Agreed. By the way, the new ACT book comes out at the end of the month. It can be pre-ordered here.

I wasn't aware that you could use tax dollars to buy books on Amazon. Could you please tell me how you go about doing that? Or do you have no idea what you are talking about?

Across the Universe.

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It's all about the karma. Mmm baby.

> Besides, no one's talking about revolutionary changes.

Oh yeah?

https://www.amazon.com/Bernie-Sanders-Guide-Political-Revolution/dp/1250138906

To all the other suggestion so far, definitely add Deadline by Chris Crutcher.

My boyfriend believes that this is it!

Godzilla 2000 - Marc Cerasini

http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Godzilla_2000_(Book)

http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-2000-Marc-Cerasini/dp/0679887512/ref=la_B000APE8A8_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396618106&sr=1-9

Deadline

Scott Hahn wrote a book in the Didache Series of textbooks which are used for High School students called Understanding the Scriptures. The entire first chapter of that book goes into what the Bible is and how it is to be interpreted. Depending on the objections, you may be able to find answers there.

Also, there is an article from LifeTeen by Mark Hart about the reliability of scripture which addresses the issue from a teen point of view.

In one of the novels Godzilla 2000 by Marc Cerasini >!He goes up against a tornado and "wins"!<

In his new book Bernie defines Socialism as

"A central government controls the production and distribution of goods to establish an equitable distribution of labor and property."

The book tour he is on now isn't about the book he put out last year after the election. He just put out another book last week, the one I'm talking about, and the book tour for that starts this month / has already started.

> getting people, young people especially, involved in the political revolution

And then all of these books:

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The Monstrumologist

http://www.amazon.com/The-Monstrumologist-Rick-Yancey/dp/1416984496

The Anthropophagi in The Monstrumologist were pretty wicked!!

Maybe [The Monstrumologist] ( http://www.amazon.com/The-Monstrumologist-Rick-Yancey/dp/1416984496) by Rick Yancey? It's about monster hunting - I really enjoyed it. It has more of a science/anthropology bent than pure magic but it is still very much fantasy. It's also set in a similar time period, no modern technology.

Full disclosure, I haven't played Bloodborne but am familiar with the general themes from reviews.

The Thief by Meghan Whalen Turner

Stolen from E_S_S: here is a hot take on Bernie's newest book.

https://www.amazon.com/Bernie-Sanders-Guide-Political-Revolution/product-reviews/1250138906/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=avp_only_reviews&pageNumber=1#reviews-filter-bar

You guys mad?