The big problem is just this kind of gigantic piece, of kids reading less and liking it less and so getting worse at it. It's kind of this terrible spiral: Since they're not so good at it they do less of it, get worse at it, do less of it. And it's really what I discovered five, six years ago when I started the 'Guys Read' thing.

For the longest time, you couldn't even say boys and girls were different. It was taboo in the educational world.

For a lot of kids, reading is not magical. It's really hard work.

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