tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21723978.post6870008620307539689..comments2023-04-17T03:56:33.698-04:00Comments on Novel Eye: Brave StoryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07199981339240227463noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21723978.post-36060471907015833672007-12-06T22:09:00.000-05:002007-12-06T22:09:00.000-05:00Interesting. I tend to think of 12 as the last po...Interesting. I tend to think of 12 as the last point--before becoming a "teenager."<BR/><BR/>Have you seen her books in Japan?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07199981339240227463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21723978.post-81245464659701318702007-12-05T21:40:00.000-05:002007-12-05T21:40:00.000-05:00RE: eleven11 is the age most people are at the end...RE: eleven<BR/><BR/>11 is the age most people are at the end of shogakkou (elementary school) and it's pretty much the last gasp of childhood before the onset of puberty. Weren't the kids in IT by Stephen King also 11? I think so. 11 is 5th and 6th grade. Powerful times, especially in the imagination.<BR/><BR/>Biologically/cognitively, it's also around the time of the "critical period" where brain chemistry changes and it becomes infinitely harder to learn languages. <BR/><BR/>From a more... grim?... perspective, it's also around the time when kids are choosing what they want as far as media (music, books) and finally are getting enough allowance to go buy same. So it's a good target age. The demographic of girls in junior high is why manga now outsells all other forms of graphic novel in America. <BR/><BR/>How's it going? :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04624271114891098929noreply@blogger.com