The US credit system is stupid. I don't like teaching it as a things thats normal and that makes sense because its not and it doesn't. I think kids should be taught that other countries don't have credit and that the system is elitist and ableist. All of that said, this book does a good job with teaching the basics. It accomplishes what it's trying to do.

ARC provided via netgalley.

I think the book Credit-Lit was just "Okay." Full disclosure: I currently work for a bank and most of my time working here I've been in credit-related positions. There's nothing super "wrong" about this book - it gives some very simplistic basics for tweens who may be interested in learning what credit is, but it honestly feels like it's written more for a middle grade set than teenagers. More than that, frequently the questions asked aren't really directly answered outright on the next page (Questions like "should my score be high, or low?") I feel like a high schooler probably needs to know more information than this, and we can be more real about debt traps, how people end up with a lot of debt due to unfortunate circumstances, and maybe even advising setting financial boundaries and learning self-control. Plus I feel weird that the book says the credit score is one of your most important "numbers" in your life. Ehhh. I want teenagers to be financially savvy but not place their self-worth into the credit system.

This was a fantastic book for both me and my teenage son! He just graduated high school and I wanted a creative way to educate him on what it means to be responsible with credit and finances. This was perfect!

I'm not sure how different the format of the eARC is from the final product but based on my impression of this eARC I am not going to purchase this book for my YA library collection. It looks like someone made it in a Word document and could just print it and hand it out as is. The content itself is really slim. It's in the format of a question and answer but it could be expanded to actually inform the reader more about the topic than just simply answering the question.

Not quite sure what this book was - it felt more like a classroom handout for a lesson than a book.
It was useful in it's information but it certainly wasn't a book.
It was very simple, and I expected the book to delve deeper into credit/loans etc rather than just explain what 'credit' was.
Also this book was written/published in the USA so a lot isn't always relevant to UK reader.

Ok - but not quite sure about it as a book.