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Advocates helping youth with tough issues they face. Get tips on how to control overwhelming feelings of having to succeed and be the best at everything. There are a lot of expectations at school and they can be especially hard to deal with after a long summer break.

Get Organized
By Ron and Ronald W. Fry
2nd ed.  Franklin Lakes, NJ:  Career Press, 2000.

This book teaches you how to create your "ideal study environment" by using simple time-management tips to develop to-do lists, daily schedules, monthly calendars, and project boards. Now updated to include electronic and online planning tools, it also shows you how to make your study time as efficient as possible.

Peterson's the Ultimate High School Survival Guide
By Julie Dueber

The book is a complete guide, offering advice on getting good grades, participating in activities to make you well-rounded, and handling tough social situations the come up. The social issues are those that teens deal with no matter what school they attend.

Surviving Homework: Tips that Really Work
By Amy Nathan
Brookfield, CT:  Millbrook Press, 1996.

This is a book that outlines specific suggestions for approaching your school work in ways that make learning and completing assignments easier. It is easy to read, and has great illustrations.

Test Taking Strategies & Study Skills for the Utterly Confused
By Laurie Rozakis, Phds

Rather than having a different prep book for every test, this book gives general strategies for fighting test stress, studies effectively, etc to be used for any test.