| Foreword | |
| Introduction: Negotiating the Boundaries Between School and Non-School Literacies | 1 |
| 1 | Locating Literacy Theory in Out-of-School Contexts | 11 |
| 2 | Connecting Schools with Out-of-School Worlds: Insights from Recent Research on Literacy in Non-School Settings | 32 |
| 3 | Literate at Home but Not at School: A Cambodian Girl's Journey from Playwright to Struggling Writer | 61 |
| Verda Delp Responds | 91 |
| Marci Resnick Responds | 93 |
| 4 | Writing on the Margins: The Spiritual and Autobiographical Discourse of Two Mexicanas in Chicago | 96 |
| Julia Menard-Warwick Responds | 124 |
| Cris Gutierrez Responds | 126 |
| 5 | Struggle: A Literate Practice Supporting Life-Project Planning | 131 |
| Marsha Pincus Responds | 162 |
| Marty Williams Responds | 164 |
| 6 | Community Supports for Writing Development Among Urban African American Children | 169 |
| Diane Waff Responds | 198 |
| Leif Gustavson Responds | 200 |
| 7 | Contact Zones Made Real | 203 |
| Porfirio M. Loeza Responds | 233 |
| Sarah Jewett Responds | 236 |
| 8 | Got Some Time, Got a Place, Got the Word: Collaborating for Literacy Learning and Youth Development | 241 |
| Mollie Blackburn Responds | 261 |
| About the Authors | 263 |
| Index | 268 |