Boy genius?

Do you ever feel shame, failure, low self-esteem, or a disheartening sense of aging when you hear about those prodigious authors who land book deals at freakishly young ages? The still-in-college, winning-rave-reviews, Pulitzer-finalist types make me feel so... inadequate.
Case in point: Alec Greven, a 9-year-old Colorado resident, has a TWO BOOK DEAL with HarperCollins. His books: "How to Talk to Girls" and "How to Talk to Girls II." I can't make this stuff up.

Among his tips:
– You’re better off with a “regular girl” than a “pretty girl.” (Alec defines pretty girls as the ones who wear “fancy earrings, fancy dresses, all those shoes.”) According to Alec, “about 73 percent of regular girls ditch boys, 98 percent of pretty girls ditch boys.”

From "A 9-year-old author tells us ‘How to Talk to Girls’" in the Christian Science Monitor.