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My students are burnt out readers who have been inundated with texts that don't interest or connect to them. They have been forced to read books written by authors who did not have them in mind as a target audience. They have been told that they should like these books. Give my students the chance to understand why people choose to read in their free time. After gathering surveys and input from my students about what they want to see in their reading materials, the most popular responses were; mystery, horror, and anything characters we can relate to. So, when I introduced them to possibly reading The Hazel Wood they were excited. There is mystery, pitch dark fairytales, and a character who is constantly angry and feels like the world is out to get her. Once we finish the last unit of our prescribed curriculum, students would be rewarded with reading The Hazel Wood. Through it, we can read it as psychologists, dissecting the fairytales, the character's psyche, and the impacts of trauma on teenagers.

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My students are burnt out readers who have been inundated with texts that don't interest or connect to them. They have been forced to read books written by authors who did not have them in mind as a target audience. They have been told that they should like these books. Give my students the chance to understand why people choose to read in their free time. After gathering surveys and input from my students about what they want to see in their reading materials, the most popular responses were; mystery, horror, and anything characters we can relate to. So, when I introduced them to possibly reading The Hazel Wood they were excited. There is mystery, pitch dark fairytales, and a character who is constantly angry and feels like the world is out to get her. Once we finish the last unit of our prescribed curriculum, students would be rewarded with reading The Hazel Wood. Through it, we can read it as psychologists, dissecting the fairytales, the character's psyche, and the impacts of trauma on teenagers.

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