9-Year-Old Pens Dating Advice Book…And it Gets Published.

Umm…what?

Alec Greven, a 9-year-old boy from Colorado, has written a dating manual entitled How to Talk to Girls, just published by HarperCollins. The miniature Lothario admits he’s “too young for girls”, so how exactly does a child write a book about relationships? Or, more appropriately, how does a child write a book about anything that isn’t scribbled in crayon or Harry Potter-inspired?

“Alec’s advice isn’t from personal experience,” a news source reveals. ”He says he’s only had one crush on a girl in his entire life and that was all the way back in preschool. He says his advice comes from observation.”

The kid’s mother claims her son’s…er, expertise (?)…comes from his love of reading. ”He reads non-stop. At dinner I say ‘Put your book down,’ ” she told the New York Post.

Then there’s the other glaring question: how does a dating book by a 9-year-old get published?

With the support of his teacher and principal, Alec managed to snag a book deal with HarperCollins. (Yes, a book deal. Again, he’s nine.)

The publishing giant says “the 48-page book is aimed at readers aged nine to 12, and is split into chapters on the facts of life, crushes, getting girls’ attention, what to say, compliments, and success.”

Among Alec’s advice:

  • “You don’t want to draw too much attention to yourself or she will think you are a crazy madman who doesn’t even know where his brain is.”
  • Don’t be a show-off.
  • Be the smartest boy in the class, because “girls will be prowling at your feet”.
  • “Comb your hair and don’t wear sweats.” (Well, I’m screwed.)
  • “Control your hyperness (cut down on the sugar if you have to).”
  • “Don’t act desperate.”
  • “Sometimes, you get a girl to like you, then she ditches you. Life is hard, move on!”
  • “Sometimes it doesn’t work out. I had a crush on a girl in preschool. Then my family had to move, so I had to let her wash out of my mind.”
  • Beware of pretty girls. “About 73 per cent of regular girls ditch boys; 98 per cent of pretty girls ditch boys.”
  • “If you do get a girl to like you, that is victory. Winning victory is a dream for most boys, but it is very rare.”

Greven has three forthcoming books, How To Talk To Moms, How To Talk To Dads and How To Talk To Santa.

Maybe Santa can tell me how I too can land a multi-book deal.

Some 9-year-olds have all the luck.

 

Story Source  The Age

December 3, 2008 | Filed Under Authors, Instructional & How to, Newsies 

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