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1. Patrick Jones www.connectingya.com

2. Getting started • School Library Journal November 2001 • “Why We Are Kids Best Assets” • One in your face: “I hate to read” – what does it mean, why did he say it, and what you can do about it • One fact:“Reading ability is positively correlated with the extent to which students read recreationally.” -National Center for Education Statistics. • One story from JDC

3. Why They Aren’t Reading 1. Associate with failure

4. Why They Aren’t Reading 2. Time and energy

5. Why They Aren’t Reading 3. Negative peer pressure

6. Why They Aren’t Reading 4. Not stimulated by ideas / not practical

7. Why They Aren’t Reading 5. No encouragement

8. Why They Aren’t Reading 6. Not a priority / rather do that read

9. Why They Aren’t Reading 7. Some adolescents may consider reading solitary and anti-social.

10. Why They Aren’t Reading 8. Can’t find the good books

11. Young adults like fiction that: 1. Show YAs being independent from adults. 2. Reassure YAs they are "normal". 3. Present role models. 4. Demonstrate problem solving in action. 5. Allow to feel like winners/overcoming odds. 6. Display relationships of all sorts. 7. Capture intensity of their life. 8. Help develop of socially responsible behavior 9. Explore lives of other teenagers 10. Relax, emote, and release .

12. The Turn Around Books • “I don’t think there is one turn-around book. That reduces a love to reading to a silver bullet—or in this case a magic book. Reluctant readers come to reading reluctantly. For a while they’ll be book-at-a-time readers---readers who will read the book we put into their hand but they won’t seek out the next good book on their own. Gradually, with support and encouragement, they’ll move toward a stance that says, “This reading thing is good—good enough that I’ll seek a book out on my own.” Maybe that’s the turn-around-book—the book that the kid on his own finds that he enjoys” - Dr. K. Beers (via email)

13. Turnaround titles

14. Turnaround titles • Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak • Ashanti. Foolish/Unfoolish • Brunvand, Jan Harold. Big Book of Urban Legends

15. Turnaround titles • Burgess, Melvin. Doing It (M) • Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game • Chbosky, Stephen. Perks Of Being A Wallflower (M)

16. Turnaround titles • Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963 • Flake, Sharon. Skin I’m In • Flake, Sharon. Who Am I Without Him

17. Turnaround titles • Flinn, Alex. Breathing Underwater • Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day (M) • Gantos, Jack. Hole In My Life

18. Turnaround titles • Giles, Gail. Shattering Glass • Going, K. L. Fat Kid Rules The World • Korman, Gordon. Son Of The Mob

19. Turnaround titles • Groening, Matt. Simpsons Comics (any) • Hinton, S.E. Outsiders • Holmes, Shannon. B- More Careful (M)

20. Turnaround titles • Keys, Alice. Tears For Water • Lubar, David. Hidden Talents • McDonald, Janet. Spellbound

21. Turnaround titles • Mowry, Jess. Way Past Cool • Myers , Walter Dean. Monster • Paolini, Christopher. Eragon

22. Turnaround titles • Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet • Pelzer, David. Child Called It • Porter, Connie Rose. Imani All Mine

23. Turnaround titles • Rodriquez, Louis. Always Running (M) • Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter (any) • Sachar, Louis. Holes • Shakur, Sanyika. Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member ( M)

24. Turnaround titles • Shakur, Tupac. Rose That Grew from Concrete • Shan, Darren. Cirque Du Freak series • Sleator, William. Interstellar Pig • Smith, Jeff. Bone

25. Turnaround titles • Souljah, Sister. Coldest Winter Ever (M) • Sparks, Beatrice. Go Ask Alice • Stine, R.L. Dangerous Girls

26. Turnaround titles • Trueman, Terry. Stuck In Neutral • Tyree, Omar. Flyy Girl(M) • Vibe magazine staff. Tupac.

27. Turnaround titles • Werlin, Nancy. Killer’s Cousin • Williams, Stanley “Tookie”. Life In Prison • Woodson, Jacqueline. Miracles Boys • Woods, Teri. Dutch (M)

28. A core collection for reluctant readers: titlemania

29. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Books – series fiction.

30. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Books – adult fiction.

31. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Books – nonfiction pop goes the culture

32. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Books – graphic novels.

33. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Books - collected comics.

34. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Books – Manga.

35. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Magazines

36. WHAT will reluctant readers read? (Twenty four carets) • Comic Books

37. Comic Books

38. 25 things to do to reach reluctant readers tomorrow • A library card: • Booklists: • Booktalking : • Build relationships:

39. 25 things to do to reach reluctant readers tomorrow • Celebrate Teen Read Week: • Contests: • Displays: • Follow-up:

40. 25 things to do to reach reluctant readers tomorrow • Get into the school LA depts: • Get input: • Get out of the library: • Get over yourself:

41. 25 things to do to reach reluctant readers tomorrow • Get them in the building : • Go the shelves: • High visibility merchandising: • Honesty:

42. 25 things to do to reach reluctant readers tomorrow • Keep current : • Listen: • Non-judgmental attitude: • Reader's advisory:

43. 25 things to do to reach reluctant readers tomorrow • Samples: • Wave goodbye to just fiction • Weed the collection: • Zowie! Get graphic

44. 25 things to do to reach reluctant readers tomorrow 25.

45. Chasing Tail Lights by Patrick Jones (July 2007)

46. For your consideration-

47. Walker Books for Young Readershttp://www.walkeryoungreaders.com/ nailed by Patrick Jones (April 2006)

48. For more information: • Connecting with Reluctant Teen Readers: Tips., Titles, and Tools By Patrick Jones, Maureen Hartman, and Patricia Taylor • Neal-Schuman, July 2006

49. Consulting, training, and coaching for providing powerful youth services including library card campaigns and web projects patrick@connectingYA.com Connecting Young Adults and LibrariesPatrick Joneshttp://www.connectingya.com