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Please, more upper-MG novels with lower word counts than the industry standards.
Most of my 11-13 y-os prefer Horrid Henry, Goosebumps and illustrated diary formats to standard length books.
Tiktok & interactive gaming are the competition.
Please, more upper-MG novels with lower word counts than the industry standards.
Most of my 11-13 y-os prefer Horrid Henry, Goosebumps and illustrated diary formats to standard length books.
Tiktok & interactive gaming are the competition.
Industry word counts for MG books in general are too long for many modern readers, I find.
Longer books are fine for kids already into reading, but it's hard to pull in new converts that way.
Humour and brevity tend to be the most attractive features for 8-13s now.
Longer books are fine for kids already into reading, but it's hard to pull in new converts that way.
Humour and brevity tend to be the most attractive features for 8-13s now.
Many of our 8-10 y-os will still happily read eg Rainbow Magic (6K) and up to about 20K is okay. Much above that and enthusiasm wanes.
