GIFT GUIDE
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'!
Five Crowns
Complete with instructions for solo play and group play, Five Crowns is a fun card game of strategy and sequence that will have teens playing deep into the night.
Hipstamatic iPhone App
Recreate the analog beauty of the old days with a selection of lenses, film, and flashes with this vintage-inspired app for your iPhone.
Bicycle 3-Track Cribbage Game
Filled with fast-paced play and tactical thinking, Cribbage is an addictively challenging game - one in which practice definitely makes perfect.
Password
Can't get enough re-runs of Password on the Gameshow Network? Play it at home with your friends and family!
Crayola Oil Pastels Portfolio Series (24-pack)
Somewhere between an oil paint and a crayon, these portfolio pastels are the perfect set for anyone from a budding artist to a seasoned pro, made as only Crayola could make them.
Livemocha
Enter Mocha Live, a website that's like a marriage between Facebook and Berlitz. Online language lessons merge with a social networking component that allows your child to practice with native speakers in a fun and safe environment, a cool way to get her hooked on language.
iTunes Gift Card
When most people hear iTunes, they think music. But there's a ton available beyond the beat--from political podcasts to college lectures, NASA videos to The New Yorker.
The Indie Rock Coloring Book
If your teen loves the indie tones of such bands as Devendra Banhart, Iron and Wine, and the Shins, or if indie rock is just getting on her radar, this whimsical coloring book is the perfect gift.
Artist Trading Cards
Artist trading cards, or ATCs, are miniature works of art built to be swapped.
Bento 2
Whether it's keeping track of assignments, logging miles while training for a marathon, or organizing To-Dos, this mini personal database makes it easy to collect, search, and display information on the go.
Tamar
Layered, exciting, and packed with secrets that unravel one by one, this award-winning book is the tale of two Allied spies who parachute into Nazi-occupied Holland during the winter of 1944, to help organize the Dutch Resistance movement.
The Other Side of the Island
Honor and her family live on Island 365, where the sky is covered by a rigid enclosure that regulates the weather, and the population is governed by a mysterious ruler and her Corporation. Like 1984 for the modern teenage set, this chilling look at a possible future reads like a rocket.
How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum
Think of this less as a book and more as a guide to individuality, creativity, self-expression, and positive thinking. This tome teaches that everything around us--from coffee cup rings on notebooks to a crumpled up leaf--is the stuff of great art, and merits closer observation and analysis.
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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