Ahead of Her Time: An SAT Vocabulary Novel

Ahead of Her Time: An SAT Vocabulary Novel

Author: Erica Abbett

Publisher: Vocabbett

Published: 2019-12-12

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1734094001

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Action, adventure, romance, ancient Egypt — what more could a person ask for? How about 500+ vocabulary words to painlessly prepare you for the SAT & ACT? Ahead of Her Time was written, first and foremost, to be wildly entertaining. The book centers around Noor Cunningham, a headstrong teen whose parents disappeared after discovering Cleopatra's palace at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. When an overlooked clue indicates her parents might still be alive, Noor travels to the edge of time to get them back. On the journey, she's thrown in Cleopatra's dungeons, wooed by a handsome Roman soldier, and forced to use every ounce of her (not inconsiderable) wits to survive. Studying for the SAT or ACT doesn't have to be so hard. Our brains are biologically wired to learn through stories. The problem is, the vocabulary in most of the stories we read stagnates before we're done learning all the "big" words. That's where Ahead of Her Time comes in. Kicking mountains of flashcards and tedious 900-page study guides to the curb, the novel spins a compelling story and plants 500+ potential SAT/ACT vocabulary words in your brain before you even know what's happened. For more vocabulary-boosting tales, head to www.vocabbett.com.


Test of Time

Test of Time

Author: Charles Harrington Elster

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780156011372

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Page 6A fun and effective study method for students who take the annual SAT and ACT, this captivating time-travel adventure incorporates vocabulary words from the tests into the story.


Tooth and Nail

Tooth and Nail

Author: Charles Harrington Elster

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2004-04-30

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780156013826

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Learn more than 1,300 essential test words by reading a mesmerizing mystery"--Cover


Vampire Dreams

Vampire Dreams

Author: Tyche

Publisher: Spark Notes

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9781411400832

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Twenty-two-year-old James Weston, a medical student in London, is the victim of an apparent mugging that will change his life forever.


30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary

30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary

Author: Wilfred John Funk

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1991-03-15

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 067174349X

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A thirty-day vocabulary building program which includes a pronunciation guide and word origins and histories.


Words and Their Meanings

Words and Their Meanings

Author: Kate Bassett

Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.

Published: 2014-09-08

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0738741043

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A gifted writer, seventeen-year-old Anna O’Mally is headed for the stars. Or she was until her uncle Joe died. Anna worshipped the ground Joe walked on ... until she discovers that she didn’t know him as well as she thought she did.


The Perfect Score Project

The Perfect Score Project

Author: Debbie Stier

Publisher: Harmony

Published: 2014-02-25

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 0307956695

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The Perfect Score Project is an indispensable guide to acing the SAT – as well as the affecting story of a single mom’s quest to light a fire under her teenage son. It all began as an attempt by Debbie Stier to help her high-school age son, Ethan, who would shortly be studying for the SAT. Aware that Ethan was a typical teenager (i.e., completely uninterested in any test) and that a mind-boggling menu of test-prep options existed, she decided – on his behalf -- to sample as many as she could to create the perfect SAT test-prep recipe. Debbie’s quest turned out to be an exercise in both hilarity and heartbreak as she took the SAT seven times in one year and in-between “went to school” on standardized testing. Here, she reveals why the SAT has become so important, the cottage industries it has spawned, what really works in preparing for the test and what is a waste of time. Both a toolbox of fresh tips and an amusing snapshot of parental love and wisdom colliding with teenage apathy, The Perfect Score Project rivets. In the book Debbie does it all: wrestles with Kaplan and Princeton Review, enrolls in Kumon, navigates khanacademy.org, meets regularly with a premier grammar coach, takes a battery of intelligence tests, and even cadges free lessons from the world’s most prestigious (and expensive) test prep company. Along the way she answers the questions that plague every test-prep rookie, including: “When do I start?”...”Do the brand-name test prep services really deliver?”...”Which should I go with: a tutor, an SAT class, or self study?”...”Does test location really matter?” … “How do I find the right tutor?”… “How do SAT scores affect merit aid?”... and “What’s the one thing I need to know?” The Perfect Score Project’s combination of charm, authority, and unexpected poignancy makes it one of the most compulsively readable guides to SAT test prep ever – and a book that will make you think hard about what really matters.


How to Ace the SAT Without Losing Your Cool

How to Ace the SAT Without Losing Your Cool

Author: Michele Lobosco

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2007-04-27

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 0615145922

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How to Ace the SAT Without Losing Your Cool is a SAT instructional manual designed to help students maximize their SAT performance. This book introduces the Enlightened SAT Warrior Program, an innovative and effective test preparation approach that provides students with a strategic game plan to master the SAT and help them achieve the SAT score they deserve. How to Ace the SAT Without Losing Your Cool picks up where the traditional SAT workbook leaves off. In addition to a thorough review of all the necessary academic concepts, students are guided to develop a better understanding of their own abilities, learning preferences, and skill sets, and to effectively apply this knowledge to their preparation process to maximize the results of their efforts. With our unique approach, studying becomes more effective and confidence increases.


Since You've Been Gone

Since You've Been Gone

Author: Morgan Matson

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-07-03

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 1471122670

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A perfect summertime read for fans of John Green, Stephanie Perkins, and Sarah Dessen: It was Sloane who yanked Emily out of her shell and made life 100% interesting. But right before what should have been the most epic summer, Sloane just…disappears. All she leaves behind is a to-do list. On it, thirteen Sloane-inspired tasks that Emily would normally never try. But what if they could bring her best friend back? Apple picking at night? Okay, easy enough. Dance until dawn? Sure. Why not? Kiss a stranger? Um... Emily now has this unexpected summer, and the help of Frank Porter (totally unexpected), to check things off Sloane's list. Who knows what she’ll find? 'Some books leave a very real mark on you and Since You’ve Been Gone is one of those utterly brilliant books' - The Guardian 'A winning blend of touching moments, memorable characters and situational humor takes readers to a surprising revelation at the story’s end.' - Kirkus Reviews 'Morgan Matson is the epitome of YA contemporary.' - Ariel Bissett, Booktuber and blogger


Fifty Words for Rain

Fifty Words for Rain

Author: Asha Lemmie

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 1524746371

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A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller! From debut author Asha Lemmie, “a lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link a family together.” —Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Nightingale Kyoto, Japan, 1948. “Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist.” Such is eight-year-old Noriko “Nori” Kamiza’s first lesson. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with only these final words. She will not fight her confinement to the attic of her grandparents’ imperial estate. And she will not resist the scalding chemical baths she receives daily to lighten her skin. The child of a married Japanese aristocrat and her African American GI lover, Nori is an outsider from birth. Her grandparents take her in, only to conceal her, fearful of a stain on the royal pedigree that they are desperate to uphold in a changing Japan. Obedient to a fault, Nori accepts her solitary life, despite her natural intellect and curiosity. But when chance brings her older half-brother, Akira, to the estate that is his inheritance and destiny, Nori finds in him an unlikely ally with whom she forms a powerful bond—a bond their formidable grandparents cannot allow and that will irrevocably change the lives they were always meant to lead. Because now that Nori has glimpsed a world in which perhaps there is a place for her after all, she is ready to fight to be a part of it—a battle that just might cost her everything. Spanning decades and continents, Fifty Words for Rain is a dazzling epic about the ties that bind, the ties that give you strength, and what it means to be free.