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In order to encourage my middle grades students to become engaged life-long readers, we need to expose them to a broad range of high-interest texts that showcase the power of language. To achieve this, we need a well-organized classroom library with bins that contain a variety of diverse and captivating works of fiction and non-fiction. Access to quality books can transport kids to another world, expanding the possibility their life may hold. My students become more engaged readers when they have titles that reflect their own racial diversity. They are able to read and respond to good books every day, so these new titles will help feed my students' appetite to read, keep them motivated, and keep our classroom library organized.

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In order to encourage my middle grades students to become engaged life-long readers, we need to expose them to a broad range of high-interest texts that showcase the power of language. To achieve this, we need a well-organized classroom library with bins that contain a variety of diverse and captivating works of fiction and non-fiction. Access to quality books can transport kids to another world, expanding the possibility their life may hold. My students become more engaged readers when they have titles that reflect their own racial diversity. They are able to read and respond to good books every day, so these new titles will help feed my students' appetite to read, keep them motivated, and keep our classroom library organized.

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