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Helpful books for teens, moms, and educators


27 Best Books To Read As A Young Adult For Success
This list of the best books to read as a young adult for success covers many topics. Self help, finances, relationships, mindset, and adulting are the categories that the books are divided into. Have your teen choose one title from each category to learn more as they grow into adulthood. These books are great to discuss during interviews!

Best Books For Summer! 8+ That Your Teen Will Love!
I put together a quick blog post on what I consider to be some great books for summer reading. With no further ado…

13 Great Books For Teens (and Parents!)
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Make reading happen in your home with great books for teens! I haven't written a book post in awhile, and boy do I have some good ones for this post! This is a list of the books that I have read in the past few months. There are so many...

Mom and Son Book Club: 9 Books to Enjoy With or Without Your Teen
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Great reading this coming summer! One thing that my youngest son and I have done is joined a Cool Mom and Son Book Club. He would completely disagree that we are cool moms, as would his friends that...

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About Me

Melanie Prather Studer has spent the last thirty years as a mother and teacher- preschool through middle school. When her kids became teenagers, Melanie started keeping notes and doing research to help her children get a head start on getting into college and ultimately out into the real world.
Resources I Recommend

Learn exactly what you need to talk about with your middle and high schoolers who are planning to go to college and why.

The College Preparation Planner
This 142 page planner has everything you need to organize the college search, preparation, and application process.

How to Win Scholarships
This guide shows exactly what parents can do to help their students prepare their scholarship applications in a way that will set them apart and get them noticed by the judges
