Posted on 29 October 2009. Tags: High School, Highbridge, Ravitch
The debate rages how to get kids to read
by Andrew Lampard
October 29, 2009
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The last book Glenn Afriyie, 15, read was “Holes,” by Louis Sachar, an adventure story whose main theme is racial equality. It was assigned to him last year in school. The next book the ninth-grade student at Jonathan Levin High School of Media and Communications in the Bronx will read has also been assigned to him through school. He has no interest in reading it. Read the full story
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Posted on 22 October 2009. Tags: High School, West Harlem
Younger readers in Harlem find the choices
by Lauren Kirchner
October 22, 2009
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Asante Kahari is a bestselling author who would not recommend his books — especially if you are a teenager looking for something new to read. Kahari, author of Hustler’s Paradise and Homo Thug, writes in the emerging genre “urban lit,” pulp paperbacks published locally and then sold from tables on the streets of Manhattan.
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