If students choose their own books, will they read more?

Summer reading
Jennifer Reckner (L), and Jessica Beegle (R), read the seventh and last book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, 21 July 2007.
Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

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