Reading Unbound: Why Kids Need to Read What They Want--And Why We Should Let Them

by Michael W. Smith, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Sharon Fransen

Book Overview

The book is divided into two parts: Part One provides an in-depth exploration of the nature and variety of the pleasure avid adolescent readers experience through their out-of-school reading. Part Two identifies and explains the genres teen readers most enjoy--romance, vampires, dystopian fiction, and science fiction/fantasy. The authors explore what we can learn from teens' pleasure reading and the implications for instruction in this era of Common...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545147808
• ISBN13: 9780545147804
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Theory and Pra
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary