I Want More Pizza: Real World Money Skills For High School, College, And Beyond

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I've read a lot of personal finance books and magazines over the past 30 years and want to ensure my children have a decent understanding of the value of money, budgeting, finance, etc. I was able to read this book in about 40m and thought it was a very good starter for my kids aged 12-14. We'll see :)

Bought this for my 16 year old. The chapters are short enough that she can finish them in one sitting before getting bored. Any book about money is a bit dry but this isn't terrible. The discussion questions at the end are great for checking comprehension as well as generating conversation about money sense. She's feeling more empowered and confident as she understands the questions and starts thinking about the future. Definitely has motivated her to change her spending habits - worked better than my endless lecturing. Parents, save your breath and buy this book instead.

I Want More Pizza is an informative, yet easy-to-read book that introduces and simplifies real-world personal finance to teens and young adults.The book is compact and visually pleasing - NOT a cumbersome read - but it's PACKED with useful information. It's written in a friendly tone, as if the author is having an upbeat and casual conversation with the reader on topics such as; why you should begin saving sooner rather than later, understanding mental blocks, smart ways to save, investing options, determining risk, the dangers of debt, credit vs. debit cards, compound growth, paying for college, etc.This book breaks down personal finance for teens and explains how "time is their biggest asset" regarding saving and investing in their future. The sooner we understand these options, the better equipped we are to make sound financial decisions.There are a handful of review questions at the end of each chapter to help reinforce the concepts.Overall, this is a very useful tool for young adults. I plan on buying more to give as graduation gifts.

This is a good book on personal finance, for someone in high school or even a bit younger. A lot of the author's personal anecdotes are about his experiences in college and young adulthood - and that's why it would best benefit someone who isn't quite there yet. The information is great for someone who hasn't yet started very far down the paths of investing, saving, or debt.If I were looking for a book for a college student or young adult, this one seems a little basic and I'd go with something else.I selected this for a younger teenage relative, who seems interested and happy with it.The book is organized into an introduction and four chapters: "You", "Saving", "Growing Savings", and "Debt".Each of the four chapters is referred to as a "slice" of the pizza. Personally I think the pizza metaphor/structure is hokey, and the least appealing thing about this book. It doesn't really make sense to me that if "Savings" and "Growing Savings" are slices, that "Debt" would also be a slice. Shouldn't debt be a missing slice, not an added slice?I know, I'm taking the pizza too literally, right? But also, if there are only four slices, then the pizza illustrations on the cover and in the chapter headers should show the slices as quarters of the pizza, right? But as you can see from the cover image, they're illustrated as more like sixths. That would have made more sense if the book had 6 chapters, or if the Introduction and epilogue were referred to as slices too, but they're not - so the chapters of the book don't really ever end up add up to the whole pizza.If you can get past the silly pizza structure, the book has useful information in easily-understandable terms. It also has real-life examples of how the author got into various kinds of money troubles in his younger life, and it has a reassuring tone: the reader can avoid some of those troubles by reading the book and learning about money - but they're also bound to get into some troubles of their own, and that's ok, they can be learning experiences and one can recover and move on from a few little money disasters.