[random kid reader]

jw why do you have so much crushy stuff in your books                    sometimes they dont need to have stuff like that

Hi, random kid reader,

Define "crushy stuff." I have no idea what you mean. Love stories? I don't write much about that, do I?                  --GK--

[random kid reader]

hi i meant like the caracters have crushes on eachother and it talks about them dating and liking each other and kinda going crazy over it. and sometimes fighting over a girl or whatever. do you write about that because you have experience with that or something? no offence meant

Hi again, r.k.r.,

No fair! You say it like I write romances, and I don't. But human relationships in middle grade fiction are very real, and I think the stories would be lacking something if it was ignored. And, after all, it DOES exist. So it's soft-pedaled, but it's definitely there. Sorry you dislike it.                                                                                                                               --GK--