GIFT GUIDE 2007
High School Gifts
From toys that stand the test of time to board games that are anything but boring, we found the best high school products that will build your teen's brain, as well as being chock full of fun. Our list of loot is kid-tested, teacher approved, and full of options for any family, so get wrappin'!
Life of Pi
Piscine Patel is a normal 16-year-old boy whose biggest problem is his odd name, until his zookeeper father decides to move the family to Canada. A harrowing shipwreck leaves Pi floating on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a wounded zebra, a potted hyena, a seasick orangutan, and a 450-pound ...
FLY Fusion
Get your kid one of these pens and they'll be begging you to let them take notes in class. In a nutshell, the Fly Fusion is a pen and scanner in one. The pen can write like a regular old ballpoint, but it can also read 70 images per second off the specialized paper in the included notebook. So kids ...
Comic Life Deluxe Edition
Fun, powerful, and easy as pie, this is creative software at its best. Pop this into the computer and in no time flat, your kid can turn his life into a comic strip using his favorite digital photos. Choose from more than 300 templates, drag and drop images from iPhoto, pick a font, and get speech ...
Word Sweep
In this game of quick-draw vocabulary challenges, players test their skills by guessing three words after hearing their dictionary definitions. These can be of "everyday," "intermediate," or "challenging" levels, and when they say challenging, they mean it. So, what sets this game apart from ...
ReadyMade Magazine
Is your teen a DIY genius, hard-wired to take crafts and home improvement to the next level? Maybe not. But Ready Made magazine may be just the thing to put your teen's inventive mind to good use. Putting the "reuse" back in the eco-adage "reduce, reuse, recycle," this mag is brimming with ideas to ...
The Declaration
It's the year 2140 and old age is a thing of the past. All but a few citizens of this brave new world have signed a declaration, promising not to bring any children into the world, in exchange for longevity drugs that keep their bodies working indefinitely. Children born without permission, known ...
The Beach
This national bestseller, written by its author at the ripe old age of 26, was a pretty mediocre movie. But it's a riveting book. With the pacing of a thriller and themes teens can relate to (the dark side of peer pressure, the quest to be original, the search for meaning in life...), the book is ...
Clocky
There's no way your kid is going to do well in school if he never makes it there. It's a fact: teens sleep, a lot. Often they sleep straight on through their alarm clocks, and sometimes they even hit snooze in their sleep. What's the solution? Why, an alarm clock that can run and hide, of course. ...
iPod Touch
Not quite ready to shell out $400 for an iPhone? Your teen will forgive you if you put this under the tree instead. The Touch has the look and feel of the iPhone, but without the calling capacity. The 3.5 inch wide-screen and simple-as-can-be touch interface are here, as is the elegant zoom-- just ...
Shadow of the Wind
There is a secret place hidden under the streets of Barcelona called the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. A labyrinth of passageways stuffed to capacity and kept by a clandestine clan from the secondhand bookseller's guild, it is a place where the rarest of books are protected from oblivion. ...
The Intellectual Devotional
For those teens excited to hit the college stride, but nervous about competing in a new intellectual environment, The Intellectual Devotional is the perfect pick. Modeled after bedside books of meditative or inspirational passages, this book aims not to quiet the mind, but to awaken it. Meant to be ...
Mixed-Up Politician
This little toy puts a whole new spin on the term "politically incorrect." The box contains 200 magnetized, scrambled words that make up famous quotes uttered by politicians. Can your teen put the quotes together correctly, or perhaps mix them up in hilarious combinations? "I believe a thousand ...
Canon Digital Rebel XT 8MP SLR Camera
First off, let us say, this is not a point and shoot. Don't even consider it for a kid who wants to snap a few vacation pictures. That said, although it's got a hefty price tag, this thing is actually a steal when it comes to SLR cameras, which can easily cost upwards of a thousand bucks. The Rebel ...
Hydrocar
Even if you choke at the thought of handing over the keys to the Prius, you can get your kid excited about driving electric. Just start small. Really small. The Hydrocar measures a mere 8 inches, but it runs completely clean, with help from a reversible Polymer Electrolyte Membrane fuel cell, and ...
SimCity Societies
Do demographic problems, such as suburban sprawl and rural isolation, strike your teen as simply business as usual? Give him a lesson in city planning with SimCity Societies, the new computer game where players build cities piece by piece. Players can make cities grim and industrial, efficient and ...
Balderdash
This bluffing game is a recipe for laughter. Players earn points by guessing answers to weird questions with unbelievable, but true answers. What is the definition of sialogogue? If you guessed "anything that creates the flow of saliva" you win a point and advance your piece on the game ...
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