Young Adults

Homeland – more award winning science fiction and hacktivists from Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow

In this, the sequel to Cory’s extremely popular Little Brother, the protagonist, a hacktivist, Marcus Yallow is again caught in a tricky situation. This time, he has information that will expose the corruption inside the government’s security contractors, but doing so can cost him his job. The novel includes two afterword essays by computer security researcher …

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Pirate Cinema – Cory Doctorow YA Sci-Fi Novel

Cory Doctorow

In Pirate Cinema, a young adult sci-fi novel about piracy, more over, extensive over-criminalisation of it. A teenager’s piracy crime results in his whole family being cut off from the internet as a punishment. Feeling forced to leave his home in a combination of shame, shunning, and an overriding desire to keep hacking movies. Another …

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A Classroom Full of Imagination and Innovation – Teaching Guide

Iraklis Lampadariou

For teachers everywhere, – an innovative teaching guide, which will help you inspire students and foster a love of learning. If you’ve just started out teaching, or you’ve been teaching for a while, but feel there’s something missing, this is a perfect workbook to inspire creativity in innovative learning methods. The book might also be …

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Little Brother – Award winning young adult sci-fi

Cory Doctorow

Little Brother is a young adult sci-fi novel by popular author Cory Doctorow. The book features a teenage hacker and his group of friends as they navigate San Francisco after a terrorist attack, ending up accused of involvement they rally social support in the fight against civil infringements and abuse of political authority. The topics …

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American Teens Talk – English Study for Teenagers

Nancy Ackles

American Teens Talk is a book of interviews with plain ordinary, multi-cultural teenagers in the USA. The book was created by the US State Department’s Office of English Language Programs. A great way for new English speakers to understand every day language, and improve their English comprehension skills. Here’s what the compiler has to say: …

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Ruby – Programming Basics For Kids

Jonathan Gillette

Ruby Programming Basics For Kids Why’s Poignant Guide to programming Ruby is aimed at making ruby programming basics simple and fun, with lots of examples children can learn. Perfect for introductory programming classes, self-study or in home-school or classrooms. Packed full of cartoon images of foxes and cryptic stories. Perfect to keep unruly teenagers entertained! …

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Bound by Law, Tales from the Public Domain – A comic about public domain law

Keith Aoki, James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins

Bound by Law, tales from the Public Domain, is a comic about public domain law and fair us. The comic contains a nice exposition on how the law can be stifling to creativity and the importance of the public domain. It also details the history of case laws and changes in fair use of other …

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Family Friendly Recipes – Kids in the Kitchen

Guelph Family Health Study

In Family Friendly Recipes – Kids in the Kitchen, the Guelph Family Health Study puts together some great tips for cooking with children of all ages, along with providing some great healthy recipes for families. Children are great imitators they see their parents as role model and often want to follow what their parents are …

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Chess eBook – A guide to the game

Wiibooks

This Chess ebook is a guide to the game in clear concise simple instructions. This guide is suitable for beginners with no knowledge to intermediate players who want some guidance on notation and tactics. What does Chess teach? Chess is an amazing game for children to learn and play (…offline!), it challenges skills of strategy, probability, …

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Recipes for Healthy Kids Cookbook – made by kids for kids

US Department of Agriculture, and US Schools

The Recipes for Healthy Kids Cookbook is an amazing publication, beautifully presented, easy to read, made by children for children, in a US-wide competition from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The book was created from over three hundred submissions. The competition and this resulting healthy kids cookbook was a collective effort from USDA, the …

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Short and Super Short Stories for Teens

Kanika G

Short and Super Short Stories for Teens is a medley of romance, science-fiction, humour, social issues, fantasy, suspense, and fun. It’s a diverse collection of stories to satisfy the many complex hues of teenage emotion. This story is brought to us by Kanika G, who writes many popular stories for children available here on free …

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Rhetoric and Composition – Writing Textbook High School Extensions

Wikibooks

This writing textbook is a perfect text for a complete guide to writing, and suitable for aspects of introductory and advanced high school English students. The book contains a complete course in writing, from writing phases, drafting, editing, types of writing, to common phrases, word types, and improved use of English sentence structure, all explained in …

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Muggles’ Guide to Harry Potter – Study Guide for Book Projects

WikiBooks

A definitive guide to the Harry Potter series, categorised into beginner, intermediate, and advanced. This book contains extensive information for book projects character studies, or any other Harry Potter related study. For Harry Potter fans, this is an amazing free resource. If you are looking for an amazing guide to everything Harry Potter you’ve found …

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