Offering suggestions on setting up and maintaining a cross-age reading program, this book describes teachers' experiences in establishing a cross-age reading program in a multiethnic, multilingual inner-city school in Oakland, California. The book notes that what began as an effort to engage one under-achieving fifth-grade boy evolved into an effective cross-age tutoring program involving first/second-grade students and fifth/sixth-grade students, most of whom were acquiring English as a nonnative language. The book also notes that, as a result of the program, teachers witnessed "compelling growth" among the fifth/sixth-grade students as teachers and learners. Chapters in the book are: (1) "When Are We Doing Buddy Reading?" Buddy Reading in Action; (2) "That's Not How You Spell Breakfast!" Initial Preparation for a Buddy Reading Program; (3) "And When I Make It Ixided We Never Have Problems Together." Maintaining a Buddy Reading Program; (4) "If It Weren't for Buddy Reading I'd Still Be Reading Bad." The Influence of Buddy Reading on the Students; and (5) "I Had No Idea That Manop Could Read So Well Independently." The Influence of Buddy Reading on the Teachers. An appendix lists 267 popular books and magazines for buddy reading. (RS)