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What Kids Are Reading:

10th Anniversary Edition

Announcing the 2018 edition of What Kids Are Reading, the world's largest study of K–12 students’ reading behavior now in its tenth year! You’ll see students’ top picks in every grade. You’ll discover trends in fiction and nonfiction reading based on deep insights from Renaissance Accelerated Reader® data.


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What Kids Are Reading:

10th Anniversary Edition

Announcing the 2018 edition of What Kids Are Reading, the world's largest study of K–12 students’ reading behavior now in its tenth year! You’ll see students’ top picks in every grade. You’ll discover trends in fiction and nonfiction reading based on deep insights from Renaissance Accelerated Reader® data.


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What Kids Are Reading

During the 2016—2017 school year, 9.4 million K–12 students read 323 million books and articles, per data captured by Accelerated Reader. This year’s report includes a list of students’ highest-rated book picks in each grade and top educator picks for different age groups. You can customize lists based on what you see and like.

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