About the Author 

Kelly Gallagher teaches high school English full-time in Anaheim, California. He has been a teacher-leader in the California Reading and Literature Project both at UCLA and UCI and is currently the co-director of the South Basin Writing Project at California State University, Long Beach. Kelly is the author of Reading Reasons: Motivational Mini-Lessons for Middle and High School and Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12.