AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Close
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
<a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-19332137_ITM" title="Facts and information about Fischgrund, Tom. 1600 Perfect Score: the 7 Secrets of Acing the SAT.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)">Fischgrund, Tom. 1600 Perfect Score: the 7 Secrets of Acing the SAT.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)</a>
Close
Set up an RSS feed that alerts you when new articles from Booklist are available.
Frequently asked questions about RSS feeds
Fischgrund, Tom. 1600 Perfect Score: the 7 Secrets of Acing the SAT.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
2003. 320p. HarperResource, $25.95 (0-06-050663-6). 378.1.
Here's an enlightening investigation of the lifestyles and study habits of SAT perfect-score achievers. Don't expect the findings to push every test taker to the top, but they do shed some light on what it takes to get there. Fischgrund, a professional educator and executive recruiter, surveyed a select number of 1,600 achievers, comparing their responses with a control group to bring out the idea that there's more to scoring high than simply being smart. He brings together his findings in "seven ...
Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
For more facts and information, see all results
- Macintyre, Ben. Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and...
- Magazine article from: Kliatt Klein, Miles July 1, 2008 700+ words
MACINTYRE, Ben. Agent Zigzag; a true story of Nazi espionage, love, and betrayal. Read by John Lee. 9 cds. 11 hrs. Books on Tape. 2007. 978-1-4159-4287-1. $100.00. Vinyl; plot notes. SA Eddie Chapman was a small-time crook and a big-time womanizer. He also had an incredible memory and nerves of
- Strays.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Children's Bookwatch July 1, 2007 700+ words
Strays Ron Koertge Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 9780763627058, $16.99 www.candlewick.com Teen Ted's parents just died in a fiery car cash and he's stuck with a set of strange foster parents and an inner-city high school full of delinquents. It's the most miserable
- Flood.(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine Sieruta, Peter D. July 1, 2002 700+ words
182 pp. Foster/Farrar 3/02 ISBN 0-374-35057-4 16.00 (Middle School) After his mother and stepfather are killed in a Vancouver flood, Andy Flynn is brought to Halifax by a no-nonsense aunt. Andy has always believed that his natural father is deceased; when he learns otherwise, the eleven-year-old
- Foxspell.(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine Flowers, Ann A. November 1, 1996 700+ words
A troubling story about a troubled adolescent is set in Australia on the edge of the outback. Twelve-year-old Tod's family is disintegrating: his father has left and they have all moved in with his tough old grandmother; his mother ignores her children to try to establish herself as a stand-up
- Haveli.(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine Fader, Ellen January 1, 1994 700+ words
In this long-awaited sequel to the engrossing 1990 Newbery Honor book Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind (Knopf), Suzanne Fisher Staples continues the main character's story since the time of her marriage five years before, at age thirteen, to the powerful sixty-year-old Pakistani landowner Rahim. His
- Skyscrapers.(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: School Arts Anderson, Kent Baker, David January 1, 1994 700+ words
This is a small but fascioatiol account of how developmeots in technology enable builders to desigo th, towers that have become commonplace in our cities. Vivid color illustrations and an informativ,, readable text make this a worthwhile addition to th, resource shelves of middle school artrooms
- Parrotfish.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Children's Bookwatch October 1, 2007 700+ words
Parrotfish Ellen Wittlinger Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 1318815228, $16.99 www.simonandschuster.com The struggles of a transgender teen usually are not explored by youth audiences or in publications for youth--which is why PARROTFISH is such a breakthrough for
- Ironman.(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine Sieruta, Peter D. September 1, 1995 700+ words
When Beauregard Brewster was nine years old, a confrontation with his father over a slammed door caused him to be banished from his own family. For seven months, Bo was confined to his bedroom and forbidden to participate in after-school activities, eat at the dinner table, or even join the family