Brozo, William G., 2002. International Reading Association.

http://www.amazon.com/To-Boy-Reader-Engaging-Literacy/dp/0872075087/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331505635&sr=1-1

The author suggests that creating literate males will make a positive impact on society as a whole in regards to employment, addiction and criminal activity. This book is full of ideas and suggestions for getting boys to read and increase their literacy.

It starts out by presenting ten positive male archetypes that the author suggests will serve as entry points into getting adolescent males to read, then goes on to give ideas for each recommended archetype.

Brozo provides multiple ways in which to get boys started with literature, such as interest inventories. I have used interest inventories in my reading classes before to get an idea of where the student's interests lie and feel it gives me a better idea of what types of books to have on the shelves and also an idea of how hard of a sell a certain book I am using in class will be.

He also provides book guides to help guide the teacher and there is an entire literature unit; The Real Men, that walks you through the entire unit to be used to engage boys to read.

Chapters 4-6 have a "boy talk" section that are all written by male adolescents in regards to their lives and reading. There is also a "final thoughts" entry for each chapter where the author sums up what was covered. Finally, the appendix is full of recommended books for each archetype Brozo describes in the beginning divided by types and readability.

This was a very informational book. I believe it would be a worthwhile read for middle school teachers that are looking for ways to engage their male population. It is user friendly and is full of numerous title recommended to increase boy's interests in reading.

This definitely sounds like a worthwhile read! I often feel we kill the joy of reading by always trying to move on quickly and tie every bit to testing! I always try to carefully look at where to stop and discuss a book so as to allow for a flow to develop. Thank you for the review!