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Direct linkMoje, Elizabeth Birr; Overby, Melanie; Tysvaer, Nicole; Morris, Karen – Harvard Educational Review, 2008
In this article, Elizabeth Birr Moje, Melanie Overby, Nicole Tysvaer, and Karen Morris challenge some of the prevailing myths about adolescents and their choices related to reading. The reading practices of youth from one urban community are examined using mixed methods in an effort to define what, how often, and why adolescents choose to read. By…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Social Networks, Social Capital, Novels
Day, Leanne – Australian Library Journal, 2007
This paper examines the high levels of social connectedness and civic engagement between the [North] Brisbane School of Arts and the local metropolitan newspapers in their eagerness to establish and promote a reading club that would curb what they felt was the local community's preoccupation with reading popular novels. The Brisbane Literary…
Descriptors: Novels, Working Class, Outreach Programs, Clubs
Peer reviewedMackey, Margaret – Language Arts, 1990
Explores the enormous attraction for young readers of series books (such as Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, and currently "The Baby-Sitters Club"). Discusses what children might learn from such reading, often thought of as pap literature by adults. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Books, Children, Novels
