{
  "id": 1912560,
  "title": "The promising race to get kids reading again",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/the-promising-race-to-get-kids-reading-again",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-19T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Vox",
    "slug": "vox",
    "url": "https://www.vox.com/culture/499624/middle-grade-publishing-kids-reading-test-scores-books-dog-man"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Something happens to kids when they’re about 9 years old. Before then, they’re voracious little bookworms, with most of them saying they read for fun at least five days a week. After their ninth birthday, only 35 percent still do. Experts call this phenomenon “the decline by 9,” and they spend a lot of time […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}