Where are the modern superfudges?

Interesting article on the dssapearance of the middle and lower classes in modern children's literature.
Also, I like that they mention this fact that I think many parents forget:"and let's not fool ourselves about the age of the younger set — it's not actual teens who read teen fiction, but middle-schoolers and younger"

"There seems to be a conspicuous sense of timeliness to this, when the gap between rich and poor in America is wider than at any time in modern history. After all, isn't it the tiresome middle class that's been whining for the past seven years about their college loans and inadequate health care? About the shrinking job market and rising housing costs — not to mention the bursting of the sub-prime mortgage bubble that threatens to leave everybody in America homeless or something? Why must they spoil everybody's fun? Can't they simply take a hint and disappear? "