Whats best for Nadia?
Deborah Konyk always believed it was essential for Nadia and her 8-year-old sister, Yashca, to read books. She regularly read aloud to the girls and took them to library story hours. “Reading opens up doors to places that you probably will never get to visit in your lifetime, to cultures, to worlds, to people,” Konyk said. Konyk, who took a part-time job at a dollar-store chain a year and a half ago, said she did not have much time to read books herself. There are few books in the house. But after Yashca was born, Konyk spent the baby’s nap time reading the Harry Potter novels to Nadia, and she regularly brought home new titles from the library. Despite these efforts, Nadia never became a big reader. Instead, she became obsessed with Japanese anime cartoons on television and comics like “Sailor Moon.” Then, when she was in the sixth grade, the family bought its first computer. When a friend introduced Nadia to fanfiction.net, she turned off the television and started reading online. No
