Zombie thread, I know, but I thought I would append this with Stephen King's answer to the question "should teachers push kids to read more challenging books?" From this article "
How Stephen King Teaches Writing", relevant quote is bolded (of course the last sentence is pretty good too.
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King: You don’t want to leave them in despair, which is why it’s such a horrible idea to try teaching Moby-Dick or Dubliners to high school juniors. Even the bright ones lose heart. But it’s good to make them reach a little. They’ve got to see there are brighter literary worlds than Twilight. Reading good fiction is like making the jump from masturbation to sex.
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