wealth

A wealthy girl who can afford a special mask to protect her from the plague that decimated humanity in the mid-1800s, falls in love, becomes caught up in a conspiracy to overthrow the government, and faces the threat of a new plague.

On her eighteenth birthday, spoiled party girl Lexington Larrabee learns that her days of making tabloid headlines may be at an end when her ever-absent father decides she must learn some values by working a different, low-wage job every week for a year or forfeit her multimillion-dollar trust fund.

Presents an introduction to economics, including information on competitive markets, individual initiatives, economic progress, and the role of limited government, as well as a guide to the twelve essential elements of practical personal finance.

Discusses how individuals, companies, and nations can build wealth in a knowledge-based global economy.

Twins Dawn and Dusk learn to admire their crochety old grandmother when they teach her to play hockey after she wins the chance to shoot a goal for one million dollars, but when she dies before the contest, the twins must decide who is going to take her place.

A poor husband and wife ask their rich neighbor to be godfather of their child, and once they are compadres, prey upon his pride and extravagance to trick him out of his fortune.

Discusses the value of money including how people acquire and lose money, rich and poor countries, and charities.

When mischievous nine-year-old Calliope Day talks her rich new friend into bringing Captain Tweakerbeak the parrot to school for a prank, the results are so hilarious Calliope decides to keep the bird for herself.

As Phoebe and her clique of privileged girlfriends get ready to graduate from eighth grade, a financial scandal threatens her family's security--as well as Phoebe's social status--but ultimately it teaches her the real meaning of friendship.