97 Things to Do Before You Finish High School
97 Things to Do Before You Finish High School
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Zest - Lerner - Quarto Library
Annotation: 97 Things to Do Before You Finish High School is filled with all the fun, creative, social, and useful how-tos you won't learn in the classroom.
Genre: [Life skills]
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #5070399
Format: Paperback
Copyright Date: 2008
Edition Date: 2007 Release Date: 01/01/08
Pages: 208 pages
ISBN: 0-9790173-0-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-9790173-0-8
Dewey: 646.700835
LCCN: 2007928299
Dimensions: 17 cm.
Language: English
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Reading Level: 7.0
Interest Level: 5-9
Lexile: 1260L
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Excerpted from 97 Things to Do Before You Finish High School by Steven Jenkins, Erika Stalder
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Being in high school is about a lot more than going to high school.

It's about discovering new places, new hobbies, and new peopleand opening your eyes to the world. This book is about the stuff they don't teach you in high school, like how to host a film festival, plan your first road trip, make a podcast, or write a manifesto. Want to make a time capsule? Spend a day in silence? Learn how to make beats like a DJ? Or shut down your house party before the police do?

Whatever your creative, social, or academic inclinations, you'll find 97 ways on these pages to amuse, educate, and interest yourself, and your friends. Because your life doesn't stop at 3pm each dayit just gets started.

"Make your high school experience the best possible with this brilliant book." Justine Magazine


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