What are teenagers reading? Adolescent fiction reading habits and reading choices

Literacy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 113-120

  Hopper, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Choice; Fiction; Gender; Parents and teachers; Reading patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944507245     PISSN: 17414350     EISSN: 17414369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9345.2005.00409.x     Document Type: Review

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