I don't think today's kids are more delicate - just the
opposite. Have you seen the movie Thirteen? Packer would be
tame reading for today's kids. Out-of-date and
anachronistic.
William Denton <
buff@pobox.com> wrote:
> Ms. Meaker has a web site (run by a fan with her
approval, it seems),
> and >I don't know if it's been mentioned on the
list, so here's the URL:
>
> http://www.mekerr.com/
>
> That's for M.E. Kerr, obviously, one of her
pseudonyms. (I just clued in
> today: M.E. Kerr ... Me Kerr ... Meeker ... Meaker.)
The site has lots
> of stuff, mostly aimed at her YA readers. I didn't
see anything about
> the Gold Medal books under the Vin Packer pseudonym,
though that I would
> have loved to know about that when I read DINKY
HOCKER SHOOTS SMACK.
> Perhaps teens these days are more delicate. There
are pictures and even
> sound clips, so we can all imagine what she looks
like and how she talks
> when she sends some mail to the list. Welcome, Ms.
Meaker!
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