I believe the most significant part of this book is the author's own struggle learning to read. She states plainly that she faked, and cheated her way through reading assignments and because she received B's no one noticed her reading struggles.
This reminds me of my own reading struggles. I was a very good decoder like her, and could manage to read novels and got through the books and enjoyed the storyline of those books, but I could not master Reading Comprehension tests. To this day, those tests still frighten me.
The author expresses her own personal breakthrough in reading was joining an Adult reading Club. She talks about her fears of attending but with noticing the passion of everyones comments on the book, she realized that reading didn't always have one answer, and that many answers could be argued and defended through parts of the text read. They shared personal connections and for the first time, Plot and Literary Devices were not crammed down, but intent and inferences.
Being a good reader does not mean that the reader knows all the answers, but rather recognizes the need to have questions and talk those questions out with others who have read the book as well. If good readers are doing this, then the strategy must be working for them. Two strategies then are to first read and come prepared with questions: second to partner up with others and talk those questions out.
A mistake I have now realized that I too have made, is telling kids a book may be too hard for them. Now, to clarify I have never done it out right like that, but I have asked questions trying to figure out if the book is too hard. I would have them read a page to me, do the five finger rule, and then I would ask them how they feel when reading it. If they feel like it is a struggle, I may suggest that it is too hard for them. This may have been a mistake but had good intentions. So how can we help students find appropriate books to read individually and with help? I think this is a real concern and issue, and if we can learn how to help them choose books and accommodate them in the books that interest them we may find a difference in our readers.