Recent research demonstrates that a focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration is essential for preparing young people for the future. Fueling Your Future! is a new and innovative series that gives readers the tools to not only build these essential skills but to apply them to all situations so they become habits. Each title concentrates on one skill and helps readers build up their abilities. They will learn the important benefits of each skill, how each is relevant to all subjects and areas of learning, and how each skill will continue to be relevant throughout their lives, at work and personally. Motivating activities and challenges, facts and statistics that have impact, and biographical snapshots connect each skill to the real world and provide opportunities for genuine learning. This series is a highly motivating and empowering resource for helping readers succeed and excel in the 21st century.