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ELIZABETH RAMSEY BIRD
Mar 05, 2012ELIZABETH RAMSEY BIRD rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Reluctant readers, bane of the nation, are the target audience here. Will they like the book? Well, there’s lots to be said for short chapters and a hero who’s on their side. Pictures don’t hurt matters much either. Greenwald could have turned this into a preachy tract, saying something about how assigned reading in schools sucks the fun out of books and turns legions of children into non-readers every year. That’s true and a good lesson but I appreciate that instead his non-reader comes by his non-reading honestly. Like a lot of kids, he just never took to it. All in all it’s a great idea. Book haters of the world, your spokesman is here.