Cicada Magazine Subscription

Pros: No ads, great stories and poetry, relevant to teens.

Cons: It is so darn expensive!

The Bottom Line: What happens to Cicada when the Teen Genius is finished reading it? They are all neatly organized on his bookcase. He will probably keep them for eternity

Review: Cicada Sue's Pre-Ramble Recently, my Teen Genius turns 17 years old. He's a high school senior, an all-around terrific kid, and extremely talented actor, writer, and math whiz extraordinaire. To honor his birthday, I thought I'd re ...

Pros: High-quality, great variety, something for everyone, wonderful alternative to crap teen mags

Cons: Not a monthly publication, price

The Bottom Line: I can't recommend Cicada enough -- it's smart, funny, intelligent,thought-provoking, and quite possibly the best money I've ever spent.

Review: For those of us who have read Cricket for years and have sadly outgrown it, you should be familiar with the next magazine "up" that Cricket Publishing Group puts out, Cicada. You have probably seen the ads for it in Cricket,...

Pros: intelligent, thought provoking mag. for teens

Cons: you need brain cells to want to read it

Review: When you compare it to more popular teens magazines such as Seventeen and YM you notice a few things. For starters don't expect any make-up advertisements, anorexic models (or any models for that matter) no horoscopes and you wont find any articles on...

Pros: poetry, artwork, short stories great variety

Cons: bimonthly

Review: Great literary magazine for teens. Expensive BUT worth it. The publication inspires my kids to sit down and write or draw. Best alternative to trash laden with ...

Pros: is good reading

Cons: its not really a mag

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Cicada is a wonderful mag/book full of short stories and great art....


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