Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Discovering the Problem -- 2 The Reason for the Boy Troubles: Faltering Literacy Skills -- 3 The Likely Causes of the Reading Lapses -- 4 The Writing Failures -- 5 The Blame Game: What Gets Blamed (Unfairly) for the Gender Gaps -- 6 Solutions: What Works for Boys? -- 7 Impediments to a Solution: The Ideological Stalemate -- 8 The International Story: Australians Struggle with the Boy Troubles -- 9 Why These Gender Gaps Matter -- 10 Actions That Need to Be Taken -- Appendix: The Facts About Boys -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- About the Author.