My son seemed to love reading through grade school and middle school. Then he got to high school and had a summer reading assignment. Over three summers he read "The Secret Life of Bees", "Three Cups of Tea", and "Wuthering Heights". Exactly the kind of books teenage boys are excited to read. He just graduated from high school and hates to read. I'm not going to entirely blame it on the reading assignments in high school, but the English department certainly didn't do anything to foster a love of reading in boys.