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Hey!
Just curious-- which books of yours do you think are suited for older teens(15+), and which ones are more suited for really young kids(under 10)? I think your books generally have a pretty large age demographic, but are more targeted towards those ~11-13, so I'm interested to know if there's any books that target older or younger kids.
Thanks, Audrey
Hi, Audrey,
Thanks for posting. You're right - the bulk of my output is Middle Grade age. But there are some Y/As too.
Older: DON'T CARE HIGH; SON OF INTERFLUX; A SEMESTER IN THE LIFE OF A GARBAGE BAG; LOSING JOE'S PLACE; SON OF THE MOB; SON OF THE MOB:HOLLYWOOD HUSTLE; JAKE, REINVENTED; BORN TO ROCK; THE JUVIE THREE; POP. Some of them will be hard to find, but you should be able to acquire a few.
Younger: RADIO FIFTH GRADE; WHY DID THE UNDERWEAR CROSS THE ROAD?; LIAR,LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE;
Hope that's helpful. Best regards, -----Gordon Korman-----
Gord,
That upper list is more of my favourite works of yours (though I like it all, really). Any plans for some future works that would fit on that list?
Not sure that there's any real difference, Darren. I mean, I'm not the boy writer any more, but the stuff I turn out today seems to me to be very much like "Joe's Place" or POP. I think maybe I must have changed, so it's possible that what you see is what you get. Can it be that the younger Darren saw it as differently as I did when I was writing it? I dunno. (Now, does that sound like "maybe it's you?" Sorry!) ---G---
Hi again, Darren,
I think you'll find as you go along that the SWINDLE stuff is a little younger than my normal output. But that's only my opinion, The reader is king! --G--
im a elmetry kid lol
Hi again, Howell. ---GK---