We've watched some of our most
reluctant readers — Spanish
middle -
school boys who happened to be big soccer fans — start out slowly reading sports articles on eBook screens and grow into voracious
readers of print books on every imaginable subject.»
Quick Picks for
Reluctant Young Adult
Readers, 2007, committee: Sarah Couri, Chair, New York Public Library; Josephine G. Caisse, Deschutes Public Library, Bend, OR; Stacy L. Creel - Chavez, St. John's University, Queens, NY; Debbie S. Fisher, Central Falls High
School, Central Falls, RI; Katherine H. Fitch, Rachel Carson
Middle School, Herndon, VA; Susan Y. Geye, Crowley Independent
School District, Crowley, TX; Sara Catherine Howard, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX; Teri S. Lesesne, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX; H. Jack Martin, New York Public Library; Joy E. Millam, Valencia (CA) High
School; Rollie Welch, Cleveland (OH) Public Library; Administrative Assistant, Jamie Watson, Harford County (MD) Public Library.