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Marissa's Books & Gifts, LLC 9780805095852 Lit Up: One Reporter. Three Schools. Twenty-four Books That Can Change Lives.
Marissa's Books & Gifts, LLC 9780805095852 Lit Up: One Reporter. Three Schools. Twenty-four Books That Can Change Lives.

    Lit Up: One Reporter. Three Schools. Twenty-Four Books that can Change Lives.

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    • Vendor: Marissa's Books & Gifts, LLC
    • Product Type: Book
    • Barcode: 9780805095852
    • Condition: New
    • Format: BOOK
    • Binding: hardcover
    • Author: Denby, David
    • Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
    • Published: February 1, 2016
    • ISBN 13: 9780805095852
    • SKU: M6888
    DESCRIPTION
    It’s no secret that millions of American teenagers, caught up in social media, television, movies, and games, don’t read seriously—-they associate sustained reading with duty or work, not with pleasure. Seeing this indifference as a grievous loss, bestselling author and distinguished critic David Denby goes back to high school to answer two questions: Can teenagers be turned on to serious reading? What kind of teachers can do it, and with what books? Denby sat in on a tenth-grade English class in a demanding New York public school for an entire academic year and made frequent visits to a troubled inner-city public school in New Haven and to a respected public school in Westchester County. He read all the stories, poems, plays, and novels that the kids were reading, and here creates an impassioned portrait of charismatic teachers at work, classroom dramas large and small, and fresh and inspiring encounters with the books themselves.

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