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Gordon Korman is the author of This Can't be Happening at Macdonald Hall! (2011), Whatshisface (2018), One False Note (The 39 Clues, Book 2) (2011), The Climb (Everest, Book 2) (2013), The Emperor's Code (2010).

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This Can't be Happening at Macdonald Hall!

release date: Jan 01, 2011
This Can't be Happening at Macdonald Hall!
As they seem to be at the bottom of every prank at Macdonald Hall, the headmaster decides to separate roommates Bruno and Boots, but to little avail.

Whatshisface

release date: May 08, 2018
Whatshisface
Gordon Korman''s next stand-alone novel, a fun, funny ghost story about a nobody kid who becomes a somebody while helping a ghost right a wrong from the past. Cooper Vega''s family moves so often that he''s practically invisible at any school he attends. Now they''ve relocated to the town of Stratford - where nobody even makes an effort to learn Cooper''s name. To them, he''s just . . . whatshisface.Cooper''s parents feel bad about moving him around so much, so they get him a fancy new phone. Almost immediately, it starts to malfunction. First there''s a buzzing. Then there''s a weird glare on the screen. Then that glare starts to take on the form of . . . a person?It''s not just any person trapped inside Cooper''s phone. It''s a boy named Roderick, who says he lived in the time of William Shakespeare - and had a very tangled history with the famous playwright. Cooper thinks his phone has gone haywire, but there''s nothing he can do to get rid of Roderick. Then, even stranger, Roderick starts helping him. Even though his seventeenth-century advice isn''t always the best for a twenty-first century middle school.

One False Note (The 39 Clues, Book 2)

release date: Jul 01, 2011
One False Note (The 39 Clues, Book 2)
The highly-anticipated Book 2 of the #1 bestselling The 39 Clues series. THIS JUST IN! Amy and Dan Cahill were spotted on a train, hot on the trail of one of 39 Clues hidden around the world. BUT WAIT! Police report a break-in at an elite hotel, and the suspects ALSO sound suspiciously like Amy and Dan. UPDATE! Amy and Dan have been seen in a car . . . no, in a speedboat chase . . . and HOLD EVERYTHING! They''re being chased by an angry mob?!? When there''s a Clue on the line, anything can happen.

The Climb (Everest, Book 2)

release date: Sep 24, 2013
The Climb (Everest, Book 2)
A thrilling adventure trilogy from Gordon Korman that follows a group of young climbers to the top of Mt. Everest! The height of danger.Everest. The ultimate climb. The greatest of risks.Four kids are on a quest to reach the top-and none of them are among the four anyone expected to be there when Summit Athletic started the contest to bring the youngest team of climbers to the peak. Their ascent is not easy. The weather is harsh, and the competition is even harsher.Then the unexpected happens, and the climbing contest becomes a life-or-death rescue mission. With thinning air-and on thin ice-no one is guaranteed to survive.

The Emperor's Code

release date: Jan 01, 2010
The Emperor's Code
Tensions run high in the explosive eighth book of The 39 Clues, the #1 New York Times bestselling series. As the race to find the 39 Clues builds to its explosive finish, Amy and Dan must explore the ancient culture of (SORRY-TOO TOP SECRET TO REVEAL) and steal a clue guarded by thousands of the world''s best-trained soldiers. It''s the most dangerous clue search yet . . . and it may mean the end for Amy and Dan.

Slacker

release date: Jan 01, 2016
Slacker
When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything is now the center of everything, whether he likes it or not.

The Discovery

release date: Jan 01, 2003
The Discovery
Sharks, shipwreck, and sunken treasure in the latest adventure trilogy from Gordon Korman. Four kids are on a marine expedition for the summer, diving to explore an underwater habitat that''s just been altered by a seismic event. What they find, though, is much more than fish - it''s sunken treasure. Can they salvage it without anyone else getting to it first? Will the prospect of wealth set them against one another? And what about those sharks . . . . Dive is another action-packed trilogy from Gordon Korman. The narrative will shift between an account of two kids caught in the shipwreck and the story of the four kids fighting over and desperately trying to get the treasure.

The Twinkie Squad

release date: Jan 01, 1994
The Twinkie Squad
Douglas Fairchild, a sixth-grade writer and dreamer thrown out of every school he has ever been to, transforms a group of excluded misfits into the hottest clique in school. Reprint.

The Abduction (Kidnapped, Book 1)

release date: Aug 27, 2013
The Abduction (Kidnapped, Book 1)
Gordon Korman offers another edge-of-your-seat action/adventure in a return to the trilogy format that sold more than 1 million copies of Island, Everest, and Dive.It''s every brother''s worst fear: As Aiden and his sister Meg are walking home from school one day, a van pulls over and Meg is kidnapped. There''s no way for Aiden to stop it from happening. He''s the only witness to his sister''s disappearance.Why has Meg been kidnapped? Is it for ransom? As a vendetta against Meg and Aiden''s parents? Or is there an even bigger conspiracy at work?While Meg fends off her kidnappers and plans an escape, Aiden must team up with the FBI to try to find her--tracking down clues only a brother could recognize.

Public Enemies

release date: Jan 01, 2005
Public Enemies
Aiden and Meg set out to prove their parents are not criminals as they are chased from state to state by the FBI and a killer called Hairless Joe.

Old School

release date: Jan 14, 2025
Old School
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unteachables comes a hilarious story about a boy who is homeschooled in his grandmother''s retirement community...until he is forced to go to public school. Dexter Foreman is twelve going on eighty. He has lived at The Pines retirement village with his grandmother since he was six years old, and as a result he gets along better with senior citizens than kids his own age. He''s homeschooled by the residents up until the day the county''s truancy officer shows up and announces that Dex has to go to a "real" school, to the local middle school. At school, Dex sticks out like a sore thumb. He dresses like a grandpa (and can be just as cranky). His taste in movies and music is decades out of date. Only a few students--like Gianna Greco, a reporter at the school''s newspaper--find him intriguing. For most, he is either a weirdo or a target. Dexter would do anything to return to his old life at The Pines. But when his wish finally seems to be coming true, his old and new worlds collide in a way that surprises everyone--Dexter most of all.

No Coins, Please!

release date: Sep 01, 1989
No Coins, Please!
Childrens adventure about trying to make money.

Guys Read: The Sports Pages

release date: Jul 10, 2012
Guys Read: The Sports Pages
The Sports Pages, the third volume in Jon Scieszka''s Guys Read Library of Great Reading, features ten short stories guaranteed to put you in the ring, under the basket, and right behind home plate. From fiction to nonfiction, from baseball to mixed martial arts and everything in between, these are a collection of stories about the rush of victory and the crush of defeat on and off the field. Authors include Dustin Brown, James Brown, Joseph Bruchac, Chris Crutcher, Tim Green, Dan Gutman, Gordon Korman, Chris Rylander, Anne Ursu, and Jacqueline Woodson, with illustrations by Dan Santat.

Radio Fifth Grade

release date: Feb 01, 1991
Radio Fifth Grade
Mayhem breaks out in the fifth grade when the Venice Menace bullies his classmates into letting him become a regular guest on "Kidsview," the school''s radio program.

The Discovery (Dive #1)

release date: May 28, 2013
The Discovery (Dive #1)
Sharks, shipwreck, and sunken treasure in the latest adventure trilogy from Gordon Korman.Four kids are on a marine expedition for the summer, diving to explore an underwater habitat that''s just been altered by a seismic event. What they find, though, is much more than fish - it''s sunken treasure. Can they salvage it without anyone else getting to it first? Will the prospect of wealth set them against one another? And what about those sharks . . . .DIVE is another action-packed trilogy from Gordon Korman. The narrative will shift between an account of two kids caught in the shipwreck and the story of the four kids fighting over and desperately trying to get the treasure.

Masterminds: Payback

release date: Mar 07, 2017
Masterminds: Payback
The thrilling finale to the New York Times bestselling Masterminds trilogy from middle grade star author Gordon Korman. Perfect for fans of Stranger Things and James Patterson! After a serious betrayal from one of their former friends, the clones of Project Osiris are on the run again. Now separated into pairs, Eli and Tori and Amber and Malik are fighting to survive in the real world. Amber and Malik track down the one person they think can help them prove the existence of Project Osiris, notorious mob boss Gus Alabaster, also known as Malik’s DNA donor. But as Malik gets pulled into the criminal world—tantalized by hints of a real family—his actions put him and Amber into greater danger. Eli and Tori get sucked into even bigger conspiracies as they hunt down Project Osiris’s most closely guarded secrets—who does Eli’s DNA come from? With a surprising new ally and another cross-country adventure, the four will have to work together to overcome the worst parts of themselves if they are going to end Project Osiris once and for all.

Go Jump in the Pool!

Go Jump in the Pool!
The guys from York Academy keep beating Macdonald Hall''s swim team. Bruno and Boots think if they had a swimming pool at their school, they could practice more and be able to win. So they decide to get a swimming pool for their headmaster, whom they call The Fish, and of course, for good old Macdonald Hall.

Jingle (Swindle #8)

release date: Sep 27, 2016
Jingle (Swindle #8)
The eighth installment in #1 New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman''s Swindle series! JINGLE: a light clinking or tingling sounds, often heralding the approach of Santa, reindeer, or the mysterious thief of a priceless possession . . . Griffin Bing and his friends are NOT happy. Instead of going away for winter break, they''ve been signed up to volunteer at a local Christmas extravaganza . . . as elves.It''s not easy being an elf. Not when Santa is bad news and Rudolph is being played by a Doberman who makes up his own rules wherever he goes.But being an elf is nothing compared to being blamed when a prized Christmas possession -- worth over ten million dollars -- is stolen right from under your nose.It''s time for these elves to get off the shelf and track down a Christmas thief!
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