A review by booknerd_am_i
Lit Up: One Reporter. Three Schools. Twenty-four Books That Can Change Lives. by David Denby

4.0

This book is brilliant. Denby visits three high schools to answer this question: can kids regain or learn to love and enjoy reading surrounded by a world of media and technology? He takes us on his journey through each of the three high school teacher's lessons, in real time, portraying and analyzing the teacher's methods, the growth of the students and the success of each curriculum. Reading Lit Up made me wonder how MY reading and English Lit experience would be if I had teachers challenging me in terms of intellect and self-discovery instead of just trying to get through the required syllabus. Just a great GREAT book!