That's right, it's 2017, so authors like Philip Pullman and Marjorie Blackman have to send frantic letters to their government, begging them to fund school libraries. "The letter highlights how England has lower rates of teenage literacy than other developed nations, according to international rankings. And it claims there is a general decline in the number of books issued to children, adding there has not been a related increase in electronic books."
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