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ERIC Number: EJ565045
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
"On Every Page Someone Gets Killed!" Book Conversations You Don't Hear in School.
Worthy, Jo
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v41 n7 p508-17 Apr 1998
Presents the perspectives on books and reading of two middle school boys, both reluctant readers who were passionate about reading self-selected materials outside of school. Argues that the perspectives of these renegade readers can inform educators who want to improve students' engagement with reading. (SR)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Reading Attitudes, Reading Improvement, Reading Material Selection, Reading Research, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Literacy Engagement; Reluctant Readers