Serving as a preface for a position statement on adolescent literacy by the International Reading Association, this article argues that assigning adolescent literacy a higher priority in the literacy community's value system is an idea whose time has very nearly come. It briefly relates the content of two earlier articles published in "Reading Today" on adolescent literacy by Richard Vacca about the importance of adolescent literacy. The article then describes the formal action taken by the International Reading Association in appointing a commission to develop the position statement on adolescent literacy. It describes the sections of the position statement: a fictional account of the various ways two teenagers use literacy; a series of questions and answers meant to give a nuanced understanding of the commission's views; a list of the principles underlying the position statement; and a discussion section. The article concludes that the need for literacy skills is great, but perhaps the work of the Commission on Adolescent Literacy represents a beginning. (RS)