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Hi, Nicki,

Thanks for posting. I used to be your 10-year-old. Sometimes sitting down and reading to him works, as it did for me courtesy of my own Mom. (And that was 2 short years before I started writing my own!)

But try SLACKER, which is about a TV-addicted couch potato and how he gets his parents off his case (and how his method backfires!) Try UNGIFTED and/or SUPERGIFTED, which some kids think are both really funny. Check THE BOOKS section of this website — he might find something that looks appealing, like something with a sports theme. And you might have to try giving him another year or two and trying again. Good luck!                                                              —–Gordon Korman—–