He doesn't seem to be as popular as other authors for young readers, but I really enjoyed reading books by William Sleator when I was in 6th or 7th grade. The first one I read was Strange Attractors, though I think my favorite was from him Interstellar Pig.
Isn't that exactly what Apple thought when they decided to give schools big discounts? It didn't seem to work very well. I got the impression that what the parents used at work (MS products) were a much larger influence on what kind of software they used at home.
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He doesn't seem to be as popular as other authors for young readers, but I really enjoyed reading books by William Sleator when I was in 6th or 7th grade. The first one I read was Strange Attractors, though I think my favorite was from him Interstellar Pig.
Isn't that exactly what Apple thought when they decided to give schools big discounts? It didn't seem to work very well. I got the impression that what the parents used at work (MS products) were a much larger influence on what kind of software they used at home.