Meeting students where they're at : why use YA literature in the first place? -- Lincoln logs : how we begin to build lifelong readers -- What motivates readers -- Creating lifelong readers -- Reading ladders -- New minds in a flat world : upping the ante with reading -- Ladders -- Climbing the ladder to assessment -- Appendix A. Trade book bibliography -- Appendix B. Professional texts -- Appendix C. Possible themes for reading ladders.