title: Breaking Through: College Reading (6th Edition)
author:  Brenda D. Smith 
description: With abundant exercises and reading selections, and a new four-color design, Breaking Through provides instruction and practice on the reading and study skills necessary for successful independent learning. "Everyday Reading Skills" gives tips and practice on how to research the Internet and how to read newspapers, magazines, advertisements, reference materials, fiction and non-fiction, and workplace mail. "Reader's Tips Boxes" condense advice into practical hints for quick reference. Collaborative problem solving questions offers four different questions at the end of each chapter to brainstorm ideas, think critically, and reflect on chapter instruction. "Explore the Net" exercises, following each of the three longer reading selections, encourage research on topics related to the longer reading; specific Websites are suggested. For anyone interested in improving their reading skills at the 6-9th grade reading level.
zlib_text: #  Acknowledgments
  
  
  This novel and I owe debts of gratitude, time, support, and affection to so
  many. Here are just a few:
  
  
  Dad, who meant it when he said I could be anything, and Mom, who always
  believed I would be a writer. Christine and Allyson, who were there for my
  first stories. Grandma and Grandpa, who gave me encouragement—and articles—for
  all of those years. Mrs. Petruny, who set me on this path. Julia: best friend,
  favorite scientist, co-inhabitant of my brain. Stephen. The sweetest, on this
  or any planet.
  
  
  You wouldn’t be holding a book right now if I hadn’t been lucky enough to
  attend Vermont College of Fine Arts. Thanks to the students, staff, alumni,
  and faculty. To Ellen Howard, Julie Larios, Margaret Bechard, and the Keepers
  of the Dancing Stars. Special thanks to Shelley Tanaka—the first to meet Cade
  and help her on her way.
  
  
  This book had first-class readers. Thanks to Vanessa Lee, for her clear eyes
  and pitch-perfect questions. Anna Drury, for seeing the story’s 