Most Popular Books by Gordon Korman

The morning after Hurricane Leo rips through the town, residents awaken to widespread destruction. Four eighth grade friends meet to explore the damage. The group is upset to find that Evan has brought Ricky, the new kid. Until Ricky finds a strange trap door in the middle of the woods.

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?

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.

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!

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

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.

"This book was originally published in hardcover by Scholastic Press in 2015"--Title page verso.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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"A group of kids discovers they were cloned from the DNA of some of the greatest criminal masterminds in history for a sociological experiment, and they must find a way to prove it to the rest of the world"--

"A terrific page-turner, full of unexpected twists and revelations. Buckle up!"—James Patterson The second book in the acclaimed, action-packed series from New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman. Stranger Things fans, don''t miss this trilogy! The clones of Project Osiris are free—but they’re being hunted. After their narrow escape from their “perfect” hometown, Eli, Tori, Amber, and Malik are finally in the real world and determined to expose the leaders of Serenity. They decide to track down Tamara Dunleavy, the mysterious billionaire and founder of Project Osiris. Evading capture by breaking laws and sneaking into houses, hotels, buses, and cars—are they becoming the criminals they were destined to be? What they discover will change everything, leading them straight into the Plastic Works and the heart of the experiment, in order to uncover the deadly criminals they’re cloned from—and any evidence that will convince the outside world to believe the truth. But the outside world isn’t exactly what they expected—strangers aren’t just unfriendly, they’re dangerous. And the wrong move could send them right back into the arms of Dr. Hammerstrom—and trapped in Serenity for good. On a breakneck journey from Jackson Hole to a maximum security prison—Eli, Tori, Amber, and Malik will stop at nothing to take Project Osiris down.

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!

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 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.

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.

Walter C. Wizzle and his computer are taking over Macdonald Hall - making everyone wear a tie and giving out demerits and detentions. Bruno and Boots decide they have got to stop this.

Fourth-grader Devin is disappointed in the nerdy exchange student who comes to live with his family, until he realizes that Stan is not from Chicago but from outer space.

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.

Bugs Potter, the biggest drummer to ever hit town, is the mysterious mustachioed guy who shows up at the most exclusive clubs to play a set with the hottest bands, but no one knows who he is except Adam Webb and he''s not telling.

From award-winning author Elissa Brent Weissman comes a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today’s foremost children’s authors and illustrators—revealing young talent, the storytellers they would one day become, and the creativity they inspire today. Everyone’s story begins somewhere… For Linda Sue Park, it was a trip to the ocean, a brand-new typewriter, and a little creative license. For Jarrett J. Krosoczka, it was a third grade writing assignment that ignited a creative fire in a kid who liked to draw. For Kwame Alexander, it was a loving poem composed for Mother’s Day—and perfected through draft after discarded draft. For others, it was a teacher, a parent, a beloved book, a word of encouragement. It was trying, and failing, and trying again. It was a love of words, and pictures, and stories. Your story is beginning, too. Where will it go?

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.

An all-new, mesmerizing adventure from the masterful Gordon Korman! Jackson Opus has always been persuasive, but he doesn''t know that he''s descended from the two most powerful hypnotist bloodlines on the planet. He''s excited to be accepted into a special program at the Sentia Institute -- but when he realizes he''s in over his head, Jackson will have to find a way to use his powers to save his friends, his parents, and his government.

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!

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.

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.

A thrilling adventure trilogy from Gordon Korman that follows a group of young climbers to the top of Mt. Everest! The height of competition.Who will be the youngest person ever to climb Mount Everest? It''s the ultimate test of endurance and skill. The mountain has claimed the lives of many climbers.Now Summit Athletic, the sports drink and energy bar company, is sponsoring a reality contest-twenty of the county''s youngest climbers competing for four spots in a chance to climb Everest, the tallest mountain the world. The competition is fierce, and the kids haven''t even finished with boot camp in the Rockies. Some aren''t ready for what they will face. And some will stop at nothing to get to the top.

The Falconer siblings come one step closer to freeing their parents from jail in this fifth installment of the thrilling Gordon Korman series.Aiden and Meg Falconer have been crossing the country as fugitives in order to prove their parents didn''t commit a crime. They''ve been chased from state to state by the FBI . . . and by a killer they know only as Hairless Joe. Now Hairless Joe is getting closer than ever -- and the Falconers are getting even closer than that to the truth.

The Super Bowl is coming up, and it''s Coleman Galloway''s last chance to try out the jersey that allowed his best friends Nick and Elliot to trade bodies with real NFL players. He finally musters up the courage to put it on and ... finds himself in the body of Dan Marino. But when Dan Marino wakes up in Coleman''s body, he panics and takes off the jersey. Unless Nick and Elliot can track him down and get it back on him, Dan and Coleman may have changed places ... permanently!

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.

When his Little League team gets a coach who knows nothing about baseball, seventh grader Corey is dismayed to see the team taken over by the coach''s pushy 12-year-old granddaughter.