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ERIC Number: EJ481016
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0882-2840
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High-School Reading and Junior-High Hope: The Tom Sawyer Solution.
VandeStaay, Steven
ALAN Review, v21 n2 p36-38 Win 1994
Shows how Mark Twain's fictional adolescent Tom Sawyer shares many characteristics with the typical young adult readers of today. Considers the challenge of getting students interested and enthusiastic about reading. Claims that young adult novels are suitable for engaging high school students. (HB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Fiction, High School Students, Literature Appreciation, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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