Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Preteens Reading Preferences

Mystery books have been devoured by preteens since the fifties.
I remember graduating from Nancy Drew to Trixie Belden.
Or maybe it was the other way around.
In eighth grade I discovered Agatha Christie and “Then there were none”.
I think a few boy readers read The Hardy Boys, but not many.
Boys wanted to be moving usually, not reading.
Today’s preteens are reading the Goosebumps books.
Each chapters ending in a cliffhanger, to urge you toward the next chapter.
I read a few chapters of them. They are not intriguing.
They did not entice boys, but the Captain Underpants book did.

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Gershon Wolf October 24, 2022 at 8:32 PM Ha, ha! Interesting what we used to read. I was really 'moulded' by my folks. First I read all the biographies of great Americans -- mostly Presidents and stuff. Then I read the history of every major league baseball team. (Only 16 back then). Then I read the Lives of the Great Composers and those of the Great Artists. .. After that, I had a revelation and devoured back issues of Mad Magazine. What-Me-Worry?

L Milton Hankins October 23, 2022 at 10:54 AM Not familiar with the Captain Underpants book. What was intriguing about it, Caren?