Books For Young Adolescents: Leaving No Reader Behind: Some Tips for Reluctant Readers

Lesesne examines some of the qualities that attract all readers—including reluctant ones—and gives examples: Title (After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away by Joyce Carol Oates; The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson); Cover (Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonneblick; Pick Me Up: Stuff You Need to Know by Jeremy Leslie and David Roberts); Opening Paragraph (The Legend of Bass Reeves by Gary Paulsen; The Night My Sister Went Missing by Carol Plum-Ucci).