Reading Matters: Supporting the Development of Young Adolescent Readers.

Ten years ago, the Indiana Middle Grades Reading Network was only a gleam in a foundation program officer's eye. Today, as a comprehensive grant-making program, it has provided hundreds of thousands of books for young adolescents and provided training to many professionals on the reading needs of 10 to 15 year olds. But its most important achievements, the authors point out are intangible.