Examining The Text Demands Of High-interest, Low-Level Books

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-59

  Spadorcia, Stephanie A ^a  

^a LESLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846253843     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10573560590523630     Document Type: Article

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