Reading Resistance in Middle School: What Can Be Done?.

Abstract

Marianne: Do you ever get to choose what you read? Jackson: Sometimes. But it has to fit the guidelines: third person, an autobiography. Now we are choosing between four novels. They're all second person or something. Marianne: What are some of the best books you have ever read? Jackson: Watchdogs and Coyotes, A Dog Named Kitty, The Grand Escape, Slam, Kobe Bryant. (These books were all read at home.)