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Allington, R. L., McGill-Frazen A., Camilli G., Williams L., Graff J.,  Zeig J., Zmach C., & Nowak R. "Addressing Summer Reading Setback Among Economically Disadvantaged Elementary Students." Reading Psychology, (31) 5, 411-427. 2010. Print.

Cohen, Sydnye, and Elizabeth Spencer. "Summer reading goes Web 2.0." Teacher Librarian 39.3 (2012): 39+. Academ ic OneFile. Web. 4 May 2014.

Cole, Natalie, Virginia Walter, & Eva Mitnick. Outcomes + Outreach The California Summer Reading Outcomes Initiative. Public Libraries Magazine, Vol. 52: 2, March/April 2013.

Dwyer, Eric, and Mary Lou McCloskey. "Literacy, teens, refugees, and soccer." Refuge Spring 2013: 87+. Academic OneFile. Web. 17 May 2014.

Fehrman, Craig. "How America learned to love summer reading - Our long, tumultuous affair with light books reveals volumes about our changing relationship to leisure." 
Boston Globe, Aug. 12, 2012. 14 May 2014.

Fink, Jennifer L. W. "Boost reading skill by summer:experts share their advice for helping every student reach the next level." Instructor [1990] Spring 2012: 52+. Academic OneFile. Web. 3 May 2014.

Graff, Jennifer M., and Chelsey M. Bahlmann. "Book for keeps: a grassroots initiative to stop summer reading slide." Reading Today 31.5 (2014): 12+. Academic OneFile. Web. 17 May 2014.

Hayes-Bohanan, Pamela. "Building community partnerships in a common reading program." Journal of Library Innovation 2.2 (2011): 56+. Academic OneFile. Web. 4 June 2012.

Kim, James S., and Thomas G. WHite. "Solving the problem of summer reading loss." Phi Delta Kappan 92.7(2011):64+. Academic OneFile. Web. 12 May 2014. 

Lavery, Erin and Terry Ain. Can the summer reading list be saved. VOYA. June 2012. Web. 3 May 2014. 

McChesney, Elizabeth. "Summer reading and connected learning." Booklist 1 Apr. 2014: 84+. Academic OneFile. Web. 17 May 2014.

Metz, Steve. "Closing the gap with summer reading." The Science Teacher 76.5 (2009): 8. Expanded Academic ASAF. Web. 3 May 2014.

O'Malley, Caris. "The great reading adventure: a new approach to summer reading." Computers in Libraries May 2014: 15+. Academic OneFile. Web. 17 May 2014

"Oldies but goodies: genre backlists make for cool summer reads." Library Journal 15 May 2014: 70+. Academic OneFile. Web. 17 May 2014.

Parker-Pope, Tara. "Summer must-read for kids? Any book." New York TImes 4 Aug. 2010: D1(L). The New York TImes. Web. 12 May 2014. 

Shea, Chris. "What did they read on their summer vacation? A survey of high school lists." Washingtonpost.com. 2004. Web. 17 May 2014. 

Springen, Karen. "Occupy summer: close the, achievement gap with powerful summer literacy programs." School Library Journal Mar. 2014: 32+. Academic OneFile. Web. 17 May 2014.

Strauss, Valerie. "Odds stacked against pleasure reading." Washingtonpost.com. 2005. 17 May Web. 2014.

Wolf, Maryanne. "Your brain on books: You are what you read" Tufts Magazine. 2007. Web. 4 May 2014. 

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