It's All About the Book: Motivating Teens to Read.

The authors discusses how student participation in book selections for school reading assignments can improve students' motivation to read and ensure engaged reading. They discuss how they designed a curriculum to benefit at-risk students by focusing on student attitudes and incorporating activities to encourage engagement and self-efficacy. A book club was created in which students read texts related to curriculum themes and discussed them in class. Independent reading by students was also encouraged. The authors note how students found coming-of-age novels accessible and how books for a unit focusing on racial profiling led students to request additional book assignments.