Reading as Rebellion

I have smart friends who think that encouraging young people to begin a life of reading is a lost cause. They point to surveys showing a massive decline in book-reading across the board. They share alarming anecdotes from high school teachers and college professors who claim their students are incapable of absorbing an entire book. Research studies back up these stories and statistics. Scholars debate what the loss of reading does to our brains and what the decline might mean for our culture lon