Discipline: Professional Resources
Copyright: 2012
Grade(s): 6 - 12
Delivery Method: Print
Imprint: Heinemann
Author(s): Penny Kittle
Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers

“I believe each of my students must craft an individual reading life of challenge, whim, curiosity, and hunger, andI’ve discovered that it is not too late in high school to lead a non-reader to reading. It’s never too late.”
—Penny Kittle
Penny Kittle wants us to face the hard truths every English teacher fears: "Too many kids don’t read the assigned texts, and some even manage to slip by without having ever read a single book by the time they graduate. As middle and high school reading declines, college professors lament students’ inability to comprehend and analyze complex texts, while the rest of us wonder: what do we lose as a society when so many of our high school graduates have no interest in reading anything?" - Penny Kittle