title: Connecting with Reluctant Teen Readers: Tips, Titles, and Tools
author:  Patrick Jones 
description: Well written and well researched, this practical hands-on guide to defining and wooing reluctant readers is a must-read for librarians and teachers who work with adolescents. It is divided into three parts: "Tips That Work," "Titles That Work," and "Tools That Work." Reluctant readers are identified and interviewed as to why they do not want to read, and techniques are suggested for guiding them through required reading. Books that will engage nonreaders are listed by category, such as science fiction and fantasy, graphic novels, audiobooks, biography, and changing bodies. Among the many helpful lists are "Best Forty Magazines for Reluctant Readers" and "Turnaround Titles-Fifty-Seven Varieties of Great Reading Experiences." And there is a wonderful chapter on booktalking. A 12-question reading survey will enable librarians to ask their students about their reading interests and to provide feedback when planning programs or purchasing new materials.&mdash;<I>Kathleen A. Nester, Downingtown High Ninth Grade Center, PA</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  ## acknowledgments
  
  
  Being the last book in the Pledge trilogy, it was hard for me to say good-bye
  to these characters that I’d grown so attached to. In the acknowledgments for
  the first book I discussed how I came up with the idea for The Pledge, but I
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