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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools (at least around DC) have made an effort to include a wider range of contemporary authors and diverse authors. This leave less room for the largely white, male canon that we read in the 90s. I think it's great. There's no way to read all the books, and maybe reading books that feel more relevant and are still excellent will spark a love of reading in a kid that Hemingway or Great Gatsby or Dickens wouldn't. [/quote] Not true, though. My kids have read all of the authors OP mentioned and a full range of diverse an international authors as well. I think the problem is that some schools don't assign enough reading. There was plenty of time for my kids to real all of this from middle through high school.[/quote]
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