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Boys prefer to read simpler books, survey suggests
March 2, 2010 - 10:28am — Blake
Boys prefer to read simpler books, survey suggests
Boys choose to read less challenging books than girls and this gets more pronounced as they get older, according to a UK-wide survey of reading habits.
The study of 100,000 five to 16-year-olds found for most age groups the difficulty of books chosen by girls was "far ahead" of those chosen by boys.
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not challenging????????
you call Batman vs. Superman easy? Wolverine vs. Hulk? this is not easy reading. my heart was in my throat. who thought Batman would have kryptonite boxing gloves? easy, my ass.