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This essay book review examines the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume IV, edited by Michael. L. Kamil, P. David Pearson, Elizabeth Birr Moje, and Peter P. Afflerbach. Taking an overview perspective on the volume, the review addresses issues of epistemology and theoretical frames as they apply to the study and research of reading. The author concludes that the volume, as a whole, represents the still fractious nature of the theoretical underpinnings of reading research and suggests a move toward a more unitary sociocognitive frame for reading research that could inform future handbooks on reading research as well as future research designs, methods, and presentations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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