New Releases by Gordon Korman

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 adventure runs deep in this second action-packed installment of Gordon Korman''s sunken treasure trilogy.

Gordon Korman''s adventurous DIVE trilogy comes to an action-packed conclusion with THE DANGER.The kids have found sunken treasure. The adults want to keep it for themselves. But there''s a chance that both will lose it if they don''t act fast.A thrilling, shark-infested conclusion to Gordon Korman''s underwater trilogy.

Gordon Korman''s acclaimed and timely YA novel explores the dangerous side of high school contact sports. Marcus is new in town and is hoping to make the championship high school football team, but it seems like a closed club, run by current star quarterback Troy. One day, while tossing the ball around in a park one day, Marcus meets Charlie, a man in his fifties who can play football like an old pro, which is exactly what he happens to be — a former NFL player and local celebrity. Charlie has boundless energy and coaches Marcus on his fear of being tackled, but as Marcus becomes more involved in this friendship with Charlie, it becomes painfully obvious to him, through the simplicity of Charlie''s thoughts, that the long-term effects of the violent plays he suffered during his football glory days have taken their toll on Charlie. With wit and sensitivity, Gordon Korman tackles truths about high school sports, while delivering a poignant story about an unlikely friendship.

Gordon Korman''s contemporary take on The Great Gatsby, set in a suburban high school. There is a new student at F. Scott Fitzgerald High, Jake Garrett - and he has become the biggest "happening" in town. Jake is popular beyond belief, has the respect of his school, and is on the football team. All the guys want to be like him, and all the girls want to date him. But Jake is obsessed with Didi, the gorgeous and totally unavailable girlfriend of quarterback Todd Buckley. Through Jake''s friend, Rick, readers get to know Jake, first admiring him, then liking him - but eventually fearing for him as they learn Jake''s secret.

Gecko doesn''t want to go back to Juvenile Detention, but trouble somehow always finds him... Graham "Gecko" Fosse drove the getaway car for a robbery he didn''t even know was going down. But that doesn''t keep him out of Juvie — the worst place he has ever been. It''s a place where its inmates, some convicted teenage killers, could easily write an encyclopedia on how to inflict pain. Thankfully, do-gooder Douglas Healy shows up, giving Gecko a chance to swap the slammer for a halfway house lived in by two other young criminals. There are just three crucial conditions — the three boys must stay in school and out of trouble, all while staying on Social Services'' good side. Or else it''s back to Juvie for all of them. But Terence seems bent on getting himself into trouble — the boys catch him sneaking down the fire escape, off to pull another heist. If only their fight hadn''t gotten physical and Healy hadn''t wound up in the hospital with amnesia. If only Gecko wasn''t falling for a girl whose dad''s best friend was the Deputy Police chief. And that''s just the beginning of their problems. One thing''s for certain: if the boys are found out, their second chance will be their last...

Donovan, whose real gift is getting into trouble, finds himself at an academy for gifted students! Donovan is definitely skilled... at getting into trouble. And when one of his thoughtless pranks accidentally destroys the school gym during the Big Game, with the superintendent watching, he knows he''s in for it. Suspension at best, maybe expulsion. Either way, a lawsuit and paying for damages. But through a strange chain of events, his name gets put on the list for the local school for gifted students: the Academy for Scholastic Distinction. Donovan knows he''s not a genius, but he can''t miss this chance to escape. Now, he has to figure out a way to stay at ASD — and fit in with the kids there. And who knows, maybe his real gift will come to light... A new story from the master of middle-grade and YA humour Gordon Korman, Ungifted is a funny exploration of the special (and often surprising) talents that make each of us gifted in our own way.

Jason''s going to have the summer of his life — as long as he doesn''t lose Joe''s place. Sixteen-year-old Jason is looking forward to spending the summer in the big city with his friends Don and Ferguson. They''ve convinced their parents to let them sublet Jason''s older brother Joe''s apartment in Toronto. All they have to do is pay the rent each month and not, under ANY circumstance, put Joe in jeopardy of losing his lease. Easier said than done. What they didn''t count on was dealing with Joe''s eccentric landlord, Mr. Plotnick, or his strange friend, Rootbeer. And they certainly weren''t expecting Joe''s Camaro to be mistaken for a stolen car and get towed away. One crisis after another conspires to ruin their summer, but with Gordon Korman''s trademark wit the journey is guaranteed to be both inventive and hilarious.

Lucas and his friends are still reveling in their city-wide middle school basketball championship when the trophy they won goes missing. Foul play is afoot, and it''s going to take all their basketball and detective skills to find it. This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.

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.

The hilarious third SWINDLE book - now in paperback!Griffin Bing''s new principal doesn''t like him. And Griffin doesn''t like the boot camp football atmosphere the new principal has brought. Griffin manages to stay out of trouble -- until a Super Bowl ring disappears from the school''s display case, with Griffin''s retainer left in its place. Griffin has been framed! Unfortunately, the Man doesn''t have a Plan - and everything his team tries to find out who really took the ring backfires. Griffin ends up in an alternate school, then under house arrest, and finally with an electronic anklet - with no way to prove his innocence! Griffin smells a rat - but will he be able to solve the mystery in time?

Ocean''s 11 . . . with 11-year-olds, in a super stand-alone heist caper from Gordon Korman!After a mean collector named Swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, Griffin Bing must put together a band of misfits to break into Swindle''s compound and recapture the card. There are many things standing in their way -- a menacing guard dog, a high-tech security system, a very secret hiding place, and their inability to drive -- but Griffin and his team are going to get back what''s rightfully his . . . even if hijinks ensue. This is Gordon Korman at his crowd-pleasing best, perfect for readers who like to hoot, howl, and heist.

The sequel to Gordon Korman''s SWINDLE---the Man With A Plan is back! When Griffin Bing''s class goes to a floating zoo, they don''t expect to see animals being treated so badly. They don''t expect to find Cleo, Dog Whisperer Savannah''s pet monkey who''s been missing for weeks. And they really don''t expect to have to hide the animals once they''ve rescued them! Hilarity ensues as Griffin''s team once more pulls off a heist . . . trying to break the animals back into a (better) zoo!

Tensions run high in the explosive 8th book of 39 Clues, the #1 New York Times bestselling series. One belief has sustained fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, on their hunt for the 39 Clues: They are the good guys. But then a shocking discovery about their parents shatters everything Amy and Dan think they know, dividing the two siblings for the first time ever. When Dan disappears in a country of more than a billion people, Amy has to make a terrible choice - find the next Clue . . . or find her younger brother.

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.

Wild things happen at the South Middle School when Milo''s science project, Henrietta the chicken, becomes the hockey team''s mascot and their only chance for a winning season.

Travel to one of the most remote National Parks, the Dry Tortugas, off the southern most tip of the United States, Key West.

Unable to return to their normal lives despite the end of the Clue hunt, new Madrigal leaders Amy and Dan anxiously prepare for a retaliatory strike by the Vespers, who kidnap a number of Cahill family members and demand that Amy and Dan steal a famous painting.

After a class trip to a floating zoo where animals are mistreated and Savannah''s missing pet monkey is found in a cage, Long Island sixth-grader Griffin Bing and his band of misfits plan a rescue.

High school senior Leo Caraway, a conservative Republican, learns that his biological father is a punk rock legend.

Super-selling author Gordon Korman sends Amy and Dan off on a wild chase in Book 2 of the highly-anticipated 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.

6 Kids. 1 Shipwreck. 1 Desert Island. Luke, J.J., Will, Lyssa, Charla and Ian. They didn''t want to be on the boat in the first place. They didn''t want to be stuck at sea with a bunch of strangers. But when you''re in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, there''s no easy way out. And when a terrifying storm hits, there''s no way to fully prepare. It''s all about survival.

The Falconers are facing life in prison¿unless their kids Aiden and Meg can follow a trail of clues to prove their innocence. The problem? The kids are trapped in a juvenile detention center. Chapter Book: 20 chapters.

It pays to be an underdog-especially when you end up on top! Simon''s father is the head of Interfl ux, the largest manufacturer of useless things in the world. Now Interfl ux wants to build a factory right on top of Simon''s school. So what does Simon do? He "reinvests" the Student Council funds, invents an alter ego, buys a useless piece of strip land for a lot of money, and comes up with a new concept in corporate structure called Antiflux. And if you think that sounds crazy, you should see what he does next!

Juveniles compete to see which of them will be the youngest person to climb Mount Everest.

Kids from all over North America vie to be the first youngest person to climb Mount Everest. When the final four reach the highest peaks, disaster strikes.

Nick can''t find a way to tell Coleman that his new girlfriend is bad news - until the jersey intervenes and zaps them into the bodies of skateboard champ Tony Hawk and BMX star Dave Mirra. Now they''ll have it out in one extreme confrontation!

Six kids are stuck on a desert island and must survive. What if they''re not alone?

It''s written in the stars… Someone made a prophesy that the Stars from Mars will never touch the league trophy. Can they skate their way to a better fate?

School sportswriter "Chipmunk" Adelman knows he''s got a scoop when he finds out that his hometown will play in the Waterloo Slapshot league. The Marsers have never had their own team, but with an ex-NHL player for a coach, they''re headed for stardom.But the Stars are in for a big surprise when they hit the ice and suddenly realize they stink! They''ve got a defenseman who only skates backwards, a star player who wants to be on another team, and a coach who calls everything a whatchamacallit. If they don''t get their game in gear soon, they''ll be booted from the league.This new series by veteran writer Gordon Korman will have kids cheering for the Marsers as they scramble to improve their game and stay in the league!