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It'S Time FOR A DO-OVER!

Operation DO-OVER is finally out! Hooray!

Stonemason and Ty were once the very best of friends . . . until seventh grade, when Ava came along. Now Stonemason tin can trace everything bad in his life to that terrible fight they had over the new daughter. The one matter he'd give anything for is a do-over. But that can't happen in real life—can information technology?

When he wakes up from a freak accident and finds himself magically transported back to seventh grade, he can't believe it. His parents aren't divorced notwithstanding and Rufus, his dear sheepdog, is yet alive. Best of all, he and Ty haven't had their disastrous falling-out.

It makes no logical sense, only Stonemason is determined to utilise this second chance to  save his friendship (and his dog!) There'south merely i person he'll be avoiding at all costs: Ava.

Simply despite his all-time efforts, will he be able to finish the chain of events that made his previous life implode?

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LINKED IS A TRIPLE Accolade WINNER!

So proud to announce that LINKED has been named a Sydney Taylor Honor Volume, a NJBA winner, and near recently, a Cybil Award winner!

Link, Michael, and Dana alive in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into the schoolhouse and vandalizes information technology with a swastika. Who would do such a thing?

Considering Michael was first to see information technology, he'south the get-go suspect. Because Link is the most pop guy in school, anybody's expecting him to figure it out. And because Dana's the only Jewish girl in boondocks, people are treating her more similar an outsider than ever.

Then more swastikas begin to appear. Some students fight dorsum and showtime an ballsy projection to bring people together instead of dividing them farther. The closer Link, Michael, and Dana become to the truth, the more at that place is to face – not only the crimes of the present, only also the crimes of the past.

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Take YOU UNPLUGGED Still?

Run into Jett Baranov, Silicon Valley'due south number 1 spoiled deviling. His father created Fuego, the most successful tech company in the world. So imagine his dismay when his dad'southward private airplane drops him off at a wellness campsite in the center of the Arkansas wilderness. Can the prince of technology survive an entire summer eating healthy, exercising, and living life totally unplugged – no phones, no TV, no screens of any kind?

I can't take any credit for the artwork, but this one'due south a real beauty, right?

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AUTHOR VISITS ARE BACK (BUT VIRTUAL IS STILL A Thing)!

I'm happy to report that I'yard finally back out on the road, visiting schools, libraries, and bookstores, meeting my readers. But for many schools, virtual author visits are a slap-up Plan B. Then even if nosotros can't meet in person, I can still exist at that place via Zoom, Skype, Google Meet, or whatever i of a dozen platforms.

I could be coming to your boondocks – or to a screen near you!

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WAR STORIES

E'er since my very outset adventure trilogies, I've e'er wanted to write about Earth War 2, the largest unmarried event in human history. It took a long time, but WAR STORIES is finally hither.

There are 2 things Trevor loves more than anything else: playing state of war-based video games and his keen-grandfather, Jacob, who is a true-blue war hero. At the height of Earth War II, Jacob helped liberate a French village and was awarded the statuary star.

Now, decades later, Jacob wants to retrace the steps he took during the war – from training, to D-Day, to the village he is said to have saved. Trevor thinks this is the coolest idea ever. Simply as they get closer to the village, Trevor discovers there's more than to the story than what he's heard his whole life, causing him to wonder about his great-grandpa's heroism, the truth most the battle he fought, and the meaning of genuine valor.

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CALLING ALL RESTART FANS!

Ever since RESTART first came out, I've been bombarded past fans clamoring for more about Chase Ambrose. It'southward finally here –SECRETS OF SPLAT Nighttime– a new RESTART story.

I originally wrote it as function of a Scholastic album chosen THE TIME We RAN Abroad. It isn't a prequel or a sequel. Information technology's a companion story that offers an actress glimpse into what Chase goes through during RESTART.

I tin can't expect to run across how it goes over with the millions of RESTART fans!

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Inaugural TO Book 100!

It'southward been more than than FOUR DECADES since my start book, THIS Can'T BE HAPPENING AT MACDONALD HALL, was published! And I can testify information technology: Check out this picture of 8th grade me, signing the contract all those years ago!

LINKED is my ninety-eighth book! And that means the countdown to Volume 100 has already began. If I keep on writing at my electric current pace – and I'one thousand not stopping – Book 100 should be coming out one-time in 2022!

Keep on checking my website for the latest updates.

THE NOTORIOUS D.O.G. IS FINALLY IN P.B.!

I'm then thrilled that NOTORIOUS, my canine murder-mystery with a gangster twist, is now bachelor in paperback!

Just about everyone on Centerlight Isle is a suspect in the mysterious death of Barney, a huge part-mastiff, part-Rottweiler, notorious for terrorizing the community. It takes two unlikely friends to unravel the clues, uncovering a shocking conspiracy that dates dorsum to the isle'due south past equally a smuggling route for gangsters. There'south only 1 problem: Someone is after them at present…

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THE HOLIDAYS Have BEEN SWINDLED Again!

Wondering why the holidays aren't what you lot expected this yr? Blame The Man With The Plan – and his unique version of holiday spirit!

The multimillion-dollar Star of Prague has been stolen from the top of the tree at Cedarville'due south annual holiday pageant, and The Man With The Plan is the prime suspect. Now Griffin and the team accept to solve the mystery and take hold of the existent thieves just to clear their names and avoid being Scrooged …

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GAME ON!

Sports fans, this one's for y'all! Two of my favorite sports books – THE TOILET Paper TIGERS and THE CHICKEN DOESN'T SKATE – have been repackaged into this special double edition from Scholastic Canada.

A baseball team sponsored by a visitor that makes bath tissue? A hockey team that can't win without a craven named Henrietta, who as well stars in a middle schoolhouse science experiment? Read on!

FAN Mail UPDATE

Egg on face again – the pandemic has meant weird times for all of u.s.. One thing that'southward been most incommunicable is keeping up with fan mail.

I ever respond to my readers, but with the publishers' post rooms closed, a lot of messages haven't been reaching me. And a lot of the ones I was able to respond were addressed to schools that were also airtight. So delight don't despair if you oasis't heard dorsum from me. I'one thousand trying – but it's been rough.

The best way to achieve me is still through my READERS FORUM. Send me a message or simply cheque up on what other readers are saying. I promise you'll be hearing back from me soon!

MEET THE UNTEACHABLES

Run into the Unteachables – a notorious class of misfits, delinquents, and academic railroad train wrecks. Run across Mr. Zachary Kermit, the nigh burned-out teacher in all of Greenwich.

The Unteachables never thought they'd find a teacher who had a worse attitude than they did. And Mr. Kermit never thought he would actually care about pedagogy again. Over the grade of a school year, though, the Unteachables will experience mayhem, devastation—and maybe even a shot a redemption.

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THE UNTEACHABLES was Barnes and Noble's first-ever Book of the Month for Immature People.

Says B&N's kids' book buyer Shannon Devito: "Any book that makes me both laugh out loud and tear up on the subway will always hold a special identify in my heart. I found I unexpectedly learned a lot from the misfit group known equally Unteachables, and their journey to connect with each other volition resonate with every kid in a classroom today."

CALLING ALL SLACKER FANS - LEVEL Upward TO LEVEL 13 !

Cameron Boxer, everybody's favorite video-game-addicted couch potato is back in LEVEL xiii: A SLACKER NOVEL. This time, gaming alone isn't plenty. Cam is shooting for the large time equally a world-famous game streamer. But one thing stands in his fashion: Level 13 – a rare gaming campaign and then impossible to defeat that information technology'due south been banned in 47 states!

WHAT?! You lot oasis't read the original SLACKER yet? No time like the present to take hold of up!

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Encounter WHATSHISFACE

Most of us have minor issues with our phones and devices – contrasted bugs and software glitches that make life interesting. Meet Cooper Vega, a seventh grader whose telephone has a somewhat trickier trouble – a sixteenth century ghost …

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Become READY FOR THE BRAND NEW AND IMPROVED Pop

I of the books I've always been virtually proud of is Pop, my young adult novel nearly the oddball friendship between a high school football player and a retired NFL linebacker who suffers from CTE.

But a lot has changed since POP first came out in 2009. The diagnosis of CTE barely existed back and so. And I've always wished I could re-release POP with the very latest information nearly Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.

On May 7, that'due south finally happening, thank you to my editors at HarperCollins and Scholastic Canada. The issue of sports and brain injuries has never been more urgent.

HAVE A SUPERGIFTED DAY!

SUPERGIFTED is on a roll, continuing to win over hordes of UNGIFTED fans!

Become pumped for the return of Donovan Curtis, Chloe Garfinkle, Noah Youkilis, the Daniels, and the legendary robotics squad at the University for Scholastic Stardom.

Love, love, Dear the cover! I might really have to wait into adopting this robot as a pet!

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AND THE WINNER IS ...

I had such a bully time judging Scholastic Scope Mag Write-A-Story competition! The entries were Phenomenal!

The results are finally in! CLICK Here for the winner, finalists, and honorable mentions.

And remember, even though the competition  is over, you can notwithstanding watch this video of SOME OF MY FAVORITE WRITING TIPS.

AUTHOR VISITS ARE ALIVE AND WELL!

Ane of my favorite parts of my job is visiting schools and public libraries, meeting my readers! Observe out more about my writer visits Here.

Yous can Utilise THIS LINK for inquiries almost personal appearances. Or E-MAIL US at info@gordonkorman.com.

Who knows? Maybe I'll run across you soon …

THE MIND-Bending CONCLUSION OF THE HYPNOTISTS!

HYPNOTISTS fans – get ready for the stunning conclusion!  In THE DRAGONFLY EFFECT,  Jax has been recruited past the U.S. Army's Hypnotic Warfare Research Department. Simply Dr. Elias Mako has escaped from prison house, and this time he has a plan to apply mesmeric power to bring the entire earth to its knees. As many of you know, THE HYPNOTISTS is my commencement-ever series to bargain with the paranormal, and it has an actress-special identify in my middle. I tin can't wait for everyone to read THE DRAGONFLY EFFECT!

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Check OUT MY LATEST VIDEOS

Okay, I'm not exactly flying from the high trapeze, just some of these clips from appearances, webcasts, interviews, and volume trailers are pretty cool. Yep, that'southward me with Academy Award-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg from the countdown 39 CLUES webcast.

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READ MY Brusque STORY "THE TROPHY"

When Jon Scieszka approached me about contributing to a brusk story collection spun from his wildly successful Guys Read program, he originally had me in mind for the album focusing on humor. But I had another idea – sports.

I've written a lot most sports over the years, from my young adult novel Pop, to the SLAPSHOTS serial, all the way back to MACDONALD HALL days and THE ZUCCHINI WARRIORS. THE Trophy is my latest – originally published in GUYS READ: THE SPORTS PAGES.

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