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I had to read a piece of historical fiction for a children's literature course in college. Even though Warrior Scarlet really would be prehistorical fiction, it counted for the coursework. I thought it was going to be pretty dreary, but Sutcliff was great and I tried to find everything else she wrote. It's sad how little some kids are reading now. I know someone in high school who told me that he had never read a single book. He was amazed that I go through a novel every day and a half. I told him that in junior high I was reading a book a day. I told him that the reason I knew so much about so many things was through my own reading and that, if he were to depend on what was in his school textbooks, he would know next to nothing. Well, if he would read as much as he watches TV or plays video games, his life would be so, so different.