tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post5790995244624078976..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: “Young People Don’t Want to Read About Characters Their Age”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-52812452167690884582009-04-17T19:51:00.000-05:002009-04-17T19:51:00.000-05:00Ramona is actually a latecomer for me; I'm old eno...Ramona is actually a latecomer for me; I'm old enough to have read <I>Henry and Beezus</I> first, and Ramona was just a pestery kid sister then. Either her personality was strong enough to warrant her own books, or Beezus started to get too old for beginning readers to relate to.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-10111447955110448292009-04-17T19:13:00.000-05:002009-04-17T19:13:00.000-05:00This is really interesting. I think the early Ramo...This is really interesting. I think the early Ramona books, like <EM>Ramona the Pest</EM>, are another example in the Junie B. Jones vein. (<EM>Beezus and Ramona</EM> has an even younger Ramona, but as I recall is more from Beezus's perspective.)Elizabethhttp://underagereading.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-14227496401981643962009-04-17T13:16:00.000-05:002009-04-17T13:16:00.000-05:00When I was a kid, I always wanted the main child c...When I was a kid, I always wanted the main child characters in books to be the same age I was. If they were older than me, it felt disjointed to me. Maybe I was just the exception to the rule, but I have no understanding of a child's desire to read about older children.ericshanowerhttp://www.age-of-bronze.comnoreply@blogger.com