Young Adult Literature: Dear Teachers: Please Help My Kids Become Readers

Chris Crowe

doi:10.58680/ej1999505

ISSN: 0013-8274
E-ISSN: 2161-8895

Young Adult Literature: Dear Teachers: Please Help My Kids Become Readers
Author(s): Chris Crowe
Source: English Journal, Volume 89, Issue Research Revisited, Sep 1999, p. 139 - 142
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58680/ej1999505
- Published online: 01 Sep 1999

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Presents an open letter to English teachers outlining what the author hopes English teachers will teach his children about books and reading this year, focused on helping them love reading. Includes some thoughts about how to do so. Presents short annotations of 11 new or overlooked young adult books worth reading.

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