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Kids Are Buying Books In Quantities We've Never ...
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008 (message contributor)
Kids Are Buying Books in quantities we've never seen before reports Booklist magazine. Credit a bulging teen population (30 million plus), a surge of global talent and perhaps a bit of Harry Potter afterglow. Teen book sales rose 25% between '99 and '05. Fantasy and graphic novels are especially hot, and adventure, romance, humor and gritty coming-of-age tales remain perennial favorites. Yet the National Assessment of Educational Progress reports 12th-graders' reading scores are virtually unchanged since '02. The teens who are reading welcome the growing sophistication of young adult literature. Teens have a lot of disposable income, and they're willing to spend it on books. (Seattlepi.com 3/8/07)
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How in the world did Lot end up in such a mess? One word—choices. —Something each of us has in common. Every single day... every single moment we make choices. —What to eat. What to wear. What to say. What to do. How to act. —You’ve made a thousand choices before you arrived here this ...read more
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