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Podcast: Down with Bowne (The Uncut Version)
Episode: Book Publisher Promotes Edgy YA Titles to Middle School Teachers
Description: Dump the boring classics with these engaging modern novels. Reading is Knowledge. Photo link: Young adult literature. Link
Dear Directors of Language Arts:
I’m writing to inform you of the exciting titles on tap at Boontown Books for 2022! Are your teachers and students tired of the same old language arts curriculum? The Outsiders? To Kill a Mockingbird? Diary of Anne Frank?
Big yawn, right?
Today’s children just don’t like to read. And is it any wonder?
Traditional middle school reading selections, while classics, may just be the issu...