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I Won't Read and You Can't Make Me: Reaching Reluctant Teen Readers

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Most of the book is a description of the author's own life and praise for her own young adult books. The title is completely misleading.
There are a few pieces of good and useful information here, but they are buried beneath the rest of it.

Marilyn Reynolds writes a great book for those who teach or plan to teach kids who have a history of poor reading habits.She courageously defends student reading of any and all books in the classroom for reading's sake. She has kids reading because they can relate to the content. She isn't squeamish about controversial language and content, and she carefully selects books that will engage kids in the reading process. Censorship is addressed as a deterent in drawing in the reluctant reader. This book is easy to read, full of great stories and advice, and is hard to put down. It is a great asset for any teacher's or parent's library to encourage kids to read.

I really enjoyed reading this, especially after one of our schools Sustained Silent Reading Sessions. It is part of our school improvement plan. I would really love to have a workshop with this wonderful teacher.