ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK -- PROLOGUE: "IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A CLIFFHANGER!" -- A LITERACY MIS-MATCH -- CHAPTER 1: WHAT COUNTS AS LITERACY? -- WATCHING SETH-TEACHING ME -- WHAT COUNTS AS LITERACY? -- WHERE IS THE MISMATCH? -- WHERE IT BEGAN -- MY OBSERVATIONS -- RETHINKING MY LITERACY WORLD -- CHRIS -- CRITICAL PEDAGOGY: CRITICAL TEACHING -- TEACHER REFLECTION SECTION: WHAT COUNTS AS LITERACY? -- NOTES -- TEACHER REFLECTION SECTION NOTES -- CHAPTER 2: "DOING SCHOOL": WHAT COUNTS IN THE CLASSROOM -- THE SETTING: THE SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL -- THE TEACHER -- THE CLASSROOM -- LIZ'S DIALOGIC CURRICULUM: VOICES HEARD -- COMPUTER LAB: WRITING WORKSHOP -- MEET "THE BOYS" THE ARTIC SONG PROJECT -- DANNY -- ALEC -- EVAN -- MIKEY -- LEAN IN AND LISTEN -- TEACHER REFLECTION SECTION: SEEING MY STUDENTS. -- NOTES -- TEACHER REFLECTION SECTION NOTES -- CHAPTER 3: EXPLORING THE BOYS' LITERACY LAND -- BOYS IDENTITY -- METHODOLOGY -- DATA SOURCES & ANALYSIS -- TESTING THE TESTS -- REPORTING ON THE REPORT CARDS -- WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? -- BUT, WHAT ABOUT REAL NUMBERS? -- IS IT JUST IN AMERICA? -- BELIEF SYSTEMS -- TEACHER REFLECTION SECTION: BOYS WILL BE BOYS? -- NOTE -- TEACHER REFLECTION SECTION NOTES -- CHAPTER 4: THE STORIES WE TELL -- WRITING FOR SOCIAL PURPOSES -- WHAT DOES GENDERED WRITING MEAN? -- WHAT COUNTS AS LITERACY? -- VIOLENCE IN WRITING -- THE VACATION -- "DON'T FORGET TO ADD IN THE GUTS AND STUFF!" -- DAN'S ARTIC FOX STORY -- THE KILLING CAMERA -- WRITING IS FINE...WHEN I CAN WRITE WHATEVER I WANT ... -- TIM'S INTERVIEW -- YOU'RE MY FRIEND! -- MATT'S DREAM -- ALEC'S REVENGE -- TIM: ARTIC WOLVES, SUBMARINES, AND DREAMS -- THREE ARTIC WOLVES -- WRITING SOCIAL WORLDS -- TEACHER REFLECTION SECTION: DEFINING WRITING -- NOTE -- TEACHER REFLECTION SECTION NOTES.

CHAPTER 5: THE ARTIC ANIMALS MEET THE ZOMBIE ZONE: LITERACY IN THE SCHOOL LIVES OF 3RD GRADE BOYS -- ZOMBIE ZONE -- MEMBERSHIP: ROLES AND COMPETITION -- THE UNDERLIFE OF THE BOYS' LITERACY PRACTICES -- MULTIPLE LITERACY CLUBS -- THE CREEPY MONSTER -- MEMBERSHIP: ROLES AND COMPETITION -- THE UNDERLIFE OF THE BOYS' LITERACY PRACTICES -- SOCIAL AND DISCOURSE-IDENTITY WORK -- CODE SWITCHING IN THE BOYS' LITERACY CLUB -- TEACHER REFLECTION SECTION: WHAT COUNTS IN WRITING? -- NOTE -- TEACHER REFLECTION SECTION NOTES -- CHAPTER 6: "BUT, I'M NOT READING OUT LOUD!" READING AS SOCIAL WORK -- READING GROUPS, READING MOVES, READING TALK -- RENT A THIRD GRADER (Hiller, 1996) -- T.J., WITHOUT A WORD -- YOU'RE "IN" IF YOU'RE A BOY -- THE BRAVEST THING (Napoli, 1995) -- A BOY'S LITERACY CLUB OF ONE: THE STORIES JULIAN TELLS (Cameron) -- IRON WILL (1994) -- BEING PRIVY TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS -- WHAT JUST HAPPENED? -- TEACHER REFLECTION SECTION: WHAT COUNTS IN READING? -- TEACHER REFLECTION SECTION NOTES -- CHAPTER 7: THE BOY'S LITERACY CLUB -- LEARNING SOCIALIZATION AND SOCIALIZING LEARNING -- VISIONS OF LITERACY -- WHAT COUNTS AS SCHOOL LITERACIES? -- WHAT CAN WE DO? -- HONORING TALK AROUND TEXTS -- SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH -- TEACHER REFLECTION SECTION NOTES -- REFERENCES.