NEW YORK -- With a donation of $1.5 million from author James Patterson, Scholastic Book Clubs has launched “The United States of Readers," a classroom program designed to address literacy inequity.Scholastic announced Monday that United States of Readers will help bring books to 32,000 kids nationwide, grades K-8, from low-income families.“In so many communities around the country even our affordable offerings are out of reach for some families, and teachers are having to pay for the books