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El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

In today's society, many teenagers prefer to spend their free time on screens, rather than reading books.
Graphic | Amberly Sun

The reading recession

Discussing the decline of teenagers reading
Corinna Kuo and Amberly Sun
December 6, 2024
Favorite childhood books have an influence on people’s lives.

Treasured tales

Students and staff discuss their favorite childhood books
Corinna Kuo
March 6, 2024
A collection of children fictional books including Dork Diaries, Big Red and My Weird School books

Tomorrow’s readers

Exploring the younger generation’s relationship with books
Trisha Sannappanavar
November 2, 2023
Digital book formats have been made prevalent by the digital age.

Rewiring reading

Investigating the impacts of the digital age on book consumption
Jami Lim and Lillian Wang
November 1, 2023
As a kid, I loved books. However, the farther I got into high school, the more I lost my passion for reading.

Picking up the pages

Learning to find comfort in books once again
Tvisha Gupta
November 13, 2022
If you can just look up

If you can just look up

A letter to my younger, book-obsessed self
April Wang
March 18, 2022
Photo courtesy of 
Olga Tutunaru

#BookTok: The rising literary community for teens

Readers utilize the audio visual content on TikTok to spread their love for reading
Aashna Patel, staff writer
September 18, 2021
Club officers from the Photo Club, The Art of investing Club, and MV Bookshelf.

Optimism amongst small clubs

How smaller clubs have managed to stay afloat during a distance learning school year
February 10, 2021
Gupta reads a large novel in an organized library. (Photo by Gupta's Father // Used with permission)

Turning pages: Changing perspectives through reading

Students detail their experiences with reading during quarantine along with the effects reading has on their overall perspectives
Mira Wagner, Staff Writer
October 12, 2020
Photo courtesy of Chris Lawton, Unsplash.

Reading: my disappearing constant amid rapid change

How the immense academic stress has taken away my love for reading
Dhruvika Randad, Staff Writer
March 27, 2019
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