Announcing Mind & Body: For Kidz!!
Posted 8:57am Wed Apr 01, 2009 by Aaron Dunlap
For the past few weeks I've been thinking about this "Young Adult" situation, and I've come to realize that Mind & Body's appeal to youngsters should be seen as a positive, not a negative.
"YA books is where ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD is right now," a friend told me. A famous friend. One whose name I won't drop. It might be Wil Wheaton. It might not.
It is.
He's right, though. Juvenile fiction is BIG MONEY right now. Harry Potter, Twilight (god I love books about vampires), Everybody Poops, Lord of the Flies, Cats in the Hats... these are all huge franchises making billions of dollars.
So to capitalize that, and in the spirit of my personal role model Bill O'Reilly, I'm releasing a for-kids-only version of M&B: Mind & Body: For Kidz!!.
It's a completely rewritten version of the original, but with a more kid-friendly focus and with some of the more mature themes taken out.
For example, most of the killing and guns and poisons are removed. To fill up that space, I added some scenes about school bullies, saying no to drugs, the advantages of abstinence, and pinewood derby tips.
The character Amy was given HIV, to teach kids some tough real-world issues in a non-threatening way, in the vein of Sesame Street.
The storyline dealing with Chris's dead father and the mystery surrounding it has been removed. In its place is an exciting adventure-slash-mystery about stolen bake sale money. Chris (renamed Chris Awesome) causes some pretty hilarious hijinks, and even uncovers a vast conspiracy created by an evil cookie corporation, Schumer Confections.
In light of this sure-to-be-bestseller, I'm discontinuing Mind & Body (the original version) to bring the focus on MB4Kidz.
Please enjoy a sample from the first chapter:
I was seven, almost eight, the first time I punched someone.It was kind of an accident, in the same way that Meowth is kind of a Pokemon (how come he can talk? lol). I hadn't set out to punch him, but I wasn't exactly trying not to, either.
Anyway, I got a cool red bicycle for my birthday.
Look for Mind & Body: For Kidz!! in bookstores next April 1st.
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