1. The reading lives of teens Chin Ee Loh 2. Young people’s reading in the UK Irene Picton & Christina Clark 3. Student perceptions and practices when reading in print and digitally: An evolving saga Anne Mangen & Naomi S. Baron 4. Why print still matters for reading in a digital age: A survey study of adolescents' gendered print and digital reading Chin Ee Loh & Baoqi Sun 5. Understanding Teenagers’ Experiences of Reading Fiction Elena Santi, Katie Cebula & Sarah McGeown 6. From Mahmoud Darwish to Shakespeare, Naruto to Tintin Comics: Reading Preferences and Identities of Emirati Adolescents from the UAE Mona Humaid Aljanahi & Rhoda Myra Garces-Bacsal 7. Finding a Good Read? Strategies Australian Teenagers use to Negotiate Book Recommendations Leonie Rutherford and Bronwyn Reddan 8. Reading for Freedom, Reading for Love: Mining Students’ Literate Thinking in the Figured World of Ms. Grant’s Classroom Chantal Francois 9. Creating a Community of Independent Readers in a Japanese-language Classroom Hikaru Katsuta & Eisuke Sawada 10. Empowering Teen Readers: The Role of the Teacher Librarian in Supporting Reading for Pleasure Krystal Gagen-Spriggs & Kasey Garrison 11. New Ways of Researching Teen Reading: Do the aims of reading research, policy, and practice align with adolescents’ priorities for reading? Charlotte Webber 12. “High school ruined it for me”: The decline of leisure reading in adolescence and what teachers and parents can do about it Stephanie Kozak, Brittany Tremblay & Sandra Martin-Chang 13. The #BookTok Effect: Unpacking the Impact of Identity, Social Media Community Formation, and Affective Experiences on Reading Motivation Sarah Jerasa 14. The future of teens’ reading lives Gay Ivey
Biography
Chin Ee Loh is Associate Professor in the English Language and Literature Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research interests are in literacy and equity, with a focus on reading, school libraries and technology. More information about her work can be found at https://www.lohchinee.com.
“The Reading Lives of Teens: Research and Practice arrives at a time when young people’s engagement in reading is thought to be slipping, even to the point of disappearing in some instances. However, the chapter authors in this edited volume dig deep into the research on what literacy practices sustain and motivate youth living in a digital era. As a consequence, key take-aways from engaging with this book may lead to an alternative narrative—one that pushes back on the negative to champion a new view on what teens are doing in the name of reading.”
-Donna Alvermann, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, University of Georgia in
Athens, USA.
“Accessible and engaging, this book is essential reading for all educators, researchers and policy makers committed to motivating teen readers. Drawing on their own studies, the 25 contributors from across the globe expand our understanding of adolescents’ diverse habits, practices and identities as readers. Agency, autonomy, relationships and informal interactions around texts surface as significant, and many authors offer ways forward to redress the distressing decline in reading for pleasure at this critical age. Highly recommended.”
-Professor Teresa Cremin, The Open University, UK.
“Loh’s The Reading Lives of Teens: Research and Practice is well-timed for addressing how reading among teens has changed in the 21st century. Providing authentic accounts of young people’s reading experience underpinned by theoretical discourses, the authors add to the critical conversation about volition, reading choice and the sustainability of literacy in new times, showing that even in the face of change, some enduring features of reading remain. This book is an important resource for anyone concerned about the past, present and future trajectories of literacy among teens and young adults in both eastern and western nations.”
-Dr Chong Su Li, author of Charting an Asian Trajectory for Literacy Education: Connecting Past, Present and Future Literacies, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia.
