Analytical Thinking Skills For Young Adults
Author: V. Cheval · Status: Coming Summer 2026
What this book is about
Analytical thinking and data literacy for teens who live inside feeds engineered to make them stop thinking. The book teaches the working skills of analysis — reading charts honestly, evaluating statistics, weighing evidence, recognizing manipulated framing, and making decisions under uncertainty — written by a data analyst who refuses to make the math sound like magic.
Who it's for
Grades 9–12, AP Statistics and AP Research / Seminar, college first-year quantitative-reasoning courses, debate and forensics programs, and CTE pathways in data-adjacent fields. Strong fit for ELA + math + science integration units.
What's inside
Twelve chapters covering the thinking traps that catch smart people, the logic toolkit, numerical literacy without jargon, decision-making frameworks, pattern recognition (and the cost of false patterns), the social-media mind game, thinking through emotions, collaborative thinking, and a future-proofing chapter on what stays human when AI gets better. Capstone synthesis pulls it all into a single thinking practice.
For educators
The free educator companion guide for this book — chapter-by-chapter teaching notes, sensitivity protocols, discussion questions, and standards-alignment documentation — lives at skillsforyoungadults.org and is freely usable in adopted classrooms and adjacent contexts. Adoption-ready alignment with Common Core ELA + Math practices, NCSS / civics frameworks, and CTE workplace-readiness standards.
The full twelve-chapter classroom toolkit — twelve files per chapter (lesson plans, anchor-read excerpts, worksheets, student-retained reference cards, project rubrics, Marp slide decks, quiz banks, standards-alignment crosswalks, differentiation protocols, teacher notes) — is available to schools, districts, and programs adopting the book for classroom use. To inquire about classroom adoption + toolkit access, contact skills@mojavepublishing.com.
Get the book
First seven titles in the series arrive Summer 2026. Sample chapters and direct-purchase links will be posted here as the book ships.
For press, school visits, librarian inquiries, or institutional licensing: skills@mojavepublishing.com.