My latest piece is up on the Huffington Post. It's about Boys and Literacy.

When I was young, I hated reading. Every summer through elementary and middle school ended with tears and tantrums over summer reading I hadn't done and refused to do. Sure, there were a few books I endured because I had to, and one or two that I sort of liked, but no one would have accused me of being a Reader. I'd rather have watched T.V. or played video games. These days, I tell this to groups of elementary school students when I visit schools to talk about being a writer, and, when I get to the part about TV and video games, the boys in the crowd usually cheer. Their cheers, and the eye rolls from their teachers at the back of the room, reinforce what we hear in study after study, article after breathless article: Boys Don't Read. But what if they do? Read the rest of the piece here.