Teenage boys 'stuck' reading primary school books while girls move on much faster, new review finds
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A new annual review has revealed that secondary school boys aged 11 to 14 are failing to progress beyond reading material designed for primary pupils.
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The What Kids Are Reading report, released today, found that Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series dominates the reading choices of boys in Years 7 to 9, occupying eight positions in their top ten most-read titles.The remaining two spots went to The Hunger Games and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.Renaissance, the educational assessment provider behind the 18th edition of this annual study, tracked 23 million books read by close to 1.1 million children across the UK and Ireland during 2024-25.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The contrast with female readers of the same age is stark.
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Girls have transitioned to young adult fiction.They favoured titles such as Alice Oseman's Heartstopper, Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, and Katie Kirby's Lottie Brooks series, alongside The Hunger Games and Harry Potter.The...
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