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2018
Volume 97, Issue 6
  • ISSN: 0360-9170
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2402

Abstract

Two administrators who started the Brilliant Boys’ Book Club at their former urban elementary school describe how the club has transformed the reading experiences of boys of color.

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