Young adult literature that features respectful representations of fictional characters with reading difficulties can play a role in building classroom communities and helping readers understand more about themselves and their worlds. Furthermore, language arts teachers and special education teachers can use texts that feature positive portrayals of characters with reading difficulties to build students’ competencies for critically reading and participating in discussions on topics such as challenging the usefulness of disability labels. In this article, the authors highlight the positive and dynamic portrayals of main characters with reading difficulties featured in 14 realistic fiction books for readers in grades 6–8. The processes for locating and analyzing texts are shared so they can be replicated by middle school teachers and students who seek to analyze the portrayal of characters with reading difficulties in other texts or genres.

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现实主义小说中的阅读困难与人物刻画

年轻的成人文学以虚构的人物表示尊重，具有阅读困难，可以在建立教室社区和帮助读者更多地了解自己和世界方面发挥作用。此外，语言艺术老师和特殊教育老师可以使用对阅读困难的人物具有正面刻画的文字来增强学生的能力，以批判性地阅读和参与有关主题的讨论，例如挑战残疾标签的用途。在本文中，作者重点介绍了14本书为6至8年级读者所创作的具有阅读困难的主要人物的积极和动态写照。