The go-to bestselling guide to help young people navigate from a
middle school book report to English Comp 101
In How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids, New York Times
bestselling author and professor Thomas C. Foster gives tweens the tools
they need to become thoughtful readers.
With funny insights and a conversational style, he explains the way
writers use symbol, metaphor, characterization, setting, plot, and other
key techniques to make a story come to life.
From that very first middle school book report to that first college
course, kids need to be able to understand the layers of meaning in
literature. Foster makes learning this important skill fun and exciting
by using examples from How the Grinch Stole Christmas to The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, from short stories and poems to movie
scripts.
This go-to guide unlocks all the hidden secrets to reading, making it
entertaining and satisfying.