Reading Realities At-Risk Series contains 45 topics at-risk teens Grades 6-12 want to read about. This series is a low-level, high-interest reading/writing program that uses real-life situations to excite middle and high school students about reading and writing. Using a Directed Reading-Thinking Approach (DRTA), Reading Realities helps students focus on relevant information, synthesize that information, and integrate it into what they already know. Focusing on topics that teenagers face in their everyday lives, students are encouraged to write their own reactions and views in a non-threatening, confidential atmosphere.