Help your teen make the big decisions with real information.
Honest, research-grounded guides for the transitions that change everything: starting high school, choosing what comes after it, and paying for it. Life After High School, Figured Out lays out college, trade school and the military side by side.
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★★★★★ 4.7★ from 9 Amazon ratings · by Perry Kendrick
The decisions are big. The information is scattered.
- She's a junior and has no idea what comes next. Honestly, neither do I.
- Everyone says college, but I'm not sure it's right for him.
- We have no idea how we're going to pay for it.
- Starting high school feels huge, and he won't talk about it.
Life After High School, Figured Out
Ask the Right Questions!
Are you - or your child - nearing the end of high school? Don't miss this book! It will be a valuable resource to help think through what the next steps should be. Read it alone or together, but read it before the college visits begin. Life After High School, Figured Out is a practical and honest guide to enable families to ask the right questions and find real information. Better than a guidance counselor, use this book to weigh the options as a family. Did you know colleges are required to provide a Net Price Calculator? Neither did I! You'll be surprised at what you don't know...
After graduation
Life After High School is a practical and encouraging book for recent graduates. The author explores different paths one faces following graduation, including college, trade school, military service or joining the work force. The writing is down to earth and shows that success looks different for everyone. As a parent I really appreciated the “for parents” note included in each chapter, showing how you can help your child without taking over. I would recommend this book for any senior or recent graduate who is asking themselves what comes next.
Great guidance
A lot of high schoolers struggle with deciding what to do after graduation. This book is perfect for them. It goes through each option and can help them to make the right decision for themselves and not what others think they should do.
Great guide for students
The book is a practical and reassuring guide for students who feel overwhelmed by the big question of what comes next. It has a balanced approach: instead of pushing one path, it honestly explores college, trade school, and military service, helping readers compare their options based on their goals and interests. Overall, it’s a valuable resource for anyone looking for realistic advice and a confident starting point for planning life after high school.
Your Freshman Year, Figured Out
Going into high school
An honest breakdown for teens entering high school for the first time. It's a tough moment and I think reading this may help.
One book for each transition.
Your Freshman Year, Figured Out
The honest, older-sibling guide to freshman year: friends, harder work, and feeling less small in a very big place. Written for students 13 to 15.
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Life After High School, Figured Out
College, trade school, the military and the doors in between, run through the same honest questions: what each costs, pays, and who it fits.
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Scholarships, Figured Out
Where college money actually lives, how to win it, and how to spot a scholarship scam in under thirty seconds.
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Book 4 of the Figured Out series.
Notify me →Also planned: The College Prep Guide, Military Prep: What They Don't Tell You, and The Trades: What They Really Are.
Written by someone who has lived every transition he describes.
- U.S. Navy veteranSix years of active duty.
- A father, right nowOf a daughter navigating these exact transitions.
- Psychology & sociologyB.S. Psychology, B.S. Sociology, M.S. Organizational Leadership.
- Research foundationBuilt on peer-reviewed psychology and education research.
The scholarships, checked and listed.
The 2027-28 Scholarship Directory
1,500+ verified programs checked against the sponsors' own sites in September 2026.
- Undergraduate, graduate and adult learners
- The full directory, beyond the 100 in the book
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Who are these books for?
Teens at the big transitions, and the parents helping them through. They work read alone or read together.
Which book should we start with?
Start with the one that matches where your teen is: Your Freshman Year for starting high school, Life After High School for choosing what comes next, and Scholarships for paying for it.
Who wrote them?
Perry Kendrick: a U.S. Navy veteran with six years of active duty, a father of a daughter going through these transitions now, with degrees in psychology, sociology and organizational leadership. See his Amazon Author Page.
Are they on Kindle Unlimited?
Your Freshman Year and Life After High School are in Kindle Unlimited. Scholarships, Figured Out is sold as a Kindle ebook and a paperback.
What is the Scholarship Directory?
The companion to Book 3: 1,500+ verified scholarship programs for 2027-28, checked against the sponsors' own sites in September 2026, for undergraduate, graduate and adult learners. It is $40, and there is a free 100-scholarship sampler.
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