It is esti mated that the cost of illiteracy to

business and the taxpayer is

$20 billion per year

Source: Literacy Statistics Reference Information, McQuillan, 1998

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There are almost half a million words in our English

language – The largest language on earth, incidentally – but a third of all our writingis made up of only 22 words…

Source: Paul Kropp “The Reading Solution”

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3rd in The Hunger Games series

%Question:How many high school graduates never read another book the rest of their lives?

A. 10%B. 25%C. 33%D. 40%

%Answer:How many high school graduates never read another book the rest of their lives?

A. 10%B. 25%C. 33%D. 40%

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Approximately 50% of the nation’s unemployed youth age 16-21 are functional illiterate, with virtually no prospects of obtaining good jobs.

Source: U.S. Department of HealthAnd Human Services

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IN A CLASS OF 20 STUDENTS,FEW IF ANY TEACHERS CAN FIND EVEN 5 MINUTES OFTIME IN A DAY TO DEVOTETO READING WITH EACH

STUDENT.

Source: Reading Statistics Reference Information – Adams, 2002

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More than 20% of adults readat or below 5th grade level – far below the level needed

to earn a living wage.

Source: National Institute for Literacy, Fast Facts on Literacy, 2001

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Sequel to Shiver

Series: Wolves of Mercy Falls

Out-of-school reading habitsOf students has shown thatEven 15 minutes a day of Independent reading canExpose students to more

Than a million words of textIn a year…

Source: Reading Statistics Reference Information Anderson, Wilson, & Fielding, 1998

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4th in the Wicked Lovely series

21 million Americans can’tread at all, 45 million are

marginally illiterate and 1/5of high school graduates

can’t read their diplomas.

Source: Department of Justice, 1993

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The 3rd installment in the Evernight series

%Question:How does the United States rank among the top 20 high income countries in composite (document, prose, and quantitative) literacy?

A. 1st

B. 5th C. 12th D. 19th

%Answer:How does the United States rank among the top 20 high income countries in composite (document, prose, and quantitative) literacy?

A. 1st

B. 5th C. 12th D. 19th

Source: Literacy Statistics Reference InformationAccording to a separate report released by the Educational Testing Service.

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The newest novel by the author of Leviathan and the Uglies series

To participate fully in society andthe workplace in 2020,

citizens will need powerful literacy abilities that until nowhave been achieved by only a

small percentage of thepopulation.

Source: National Council on Teachers of English Standards for the English Language Arts

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Based on the popular Xbox game