Books for Tweens & Teens Who Don’t Do Boring.
Read the books. Watch the show. Build your skills. Spark your future.

Books That Build Skills is a life skills and career exploration program built around the Charms Book Series — adventure books for students ages 10–15. This page provides links for books, reading challenges, summer programs, free downloads, the career exploration podcast, virtual author visits, donors, and ways to support getting books into schools and libraries.