Sejnost (education, Loyola U.) and Thiese (educator and trainer, gifted children education) offer an overview of adolescents and how they learn. They also provide a framework for increasing student learning by more fully incorporating reading, writing, and critical thinking skills into their classroom instruction planning. Some topics are: the challenge of adolescent literacy, teaching specialized and technical vocabulary, and writing and speaking to learn in content area disciplines. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)