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No More Dead Dogs |
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Gordon Korman |
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0786816015 |
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Gr. 5-7. Here's one for every reader weary of being assigned novels in which the dog dies. For expressing his true views of Old Shep, My Pal, eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace earns a detention that takes him off the team and plunks him down in the auditorium, where his almost equally stubborn English teacher is directing a theatrical version of--you guessed it. To the delight of some cast members, but the loud outrage of Drama Club President, Rachel Turner, Wallace Wallace makes a few suggestions to punch up the production; by the end, it's a rock musical and the (stuffed) pooch actually pulls through. At least, that's the plan. Briskly stirring in complications and snappy dialog, Korman adds mystery to the fun with an unknown saboteur, caps the wildly popular play with an explosive (literally) climax, and... |
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The Contest |
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Gordon Korman |
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Four kids. One mountain.They come from all across America to be the youngest kid ever to climb Everest. But only one will reach the top first. The competition is fierce. The preparation is intense. The challenge is breathtaking. When the final four reach the higher peaks, disaster strikes -- and all that separates the living from the dead is chance, bravery, and action.
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Son of the Mob |
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Gordon Korman |
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0786815930 |
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Vince Luca, 17, has a problem. His wealthy family runs the, uh, vending machine business in New York, and Vince is determined not to be part of it. Especially after a hot date is ruined when he finds that his older brother Tommy has conducted some business with Jimmy the Rat and hidden the messy and temporarily unconscious body in the trunk of Vince's car. His dad, the King of the Mob, is reasonable, sensible, lots of fun, gives great presents to his kids--and his name strikes the hearts of other mobsters to stone. Although Vince keeps a low profile at school, his family connection brings him unwanted advantages, like the birthday Porsche that gets him arrested on stolen vehicle charges, or the football game in which he makes touchdown after touchdown because word has gotten around and nobody is willing to... |
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Chasing The Falconers: On the Run |
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Gordon Korman |
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0439651360 |
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Grade 4-7–In what CNN called the trial of the new millennium, Aiden and Meg Falconer's parents were convicted of treason and sentenced to life in jail. Respected criminologists with PhDs, they were asked by CIA Agent Frank Lindenauer to develop profiles that would help U.S. operatives identify terrorist cells throughout the world. He disappeared, and the FBI charged the Falconers with passing classified information to enemies. Their children were placed in a juvenile detention facility in Nebraska for their own safety. When the novel opens, they have been at Sunnydale Farm for four months. Aiden accidentally lights the place on fire and they escape. He remembers that nine years earlier he hid a picture of Lindenauer, known to him as Uncle Frank, in their summer house on Lake Champlain. If they can find... |
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Jake, Reinvented |
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Gordon Korman |
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0786856971 |
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Grade 7-10– How does a brilliant but nerdy guy attract the girl of his dreams? Gordon Korman answers the question with humor and insight in Jake, Reinvented (Hyperion, 2003). Jake has changed his image by joining the football team, throwing beer bashes for the in-crowd, and hiding all evidence of his geek life. For a while, it seems like the chameleon act is working—his heart throb, image-conscious Didi is cheating on her quarterback boyfriend to be with the now ultra-cool Jake. Then his newly constructed world falls apart when an angry football player is injured at a wild party and Jake's misguided chivalry lands him in jail. His punishment may fit the crime; he has to move again, this time to Texas to live with his mother. The story is seen through the eyes of Rick, a wry teammate, who is... |
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The Discovery (Dive Series #1), Vol. 1 |
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Gordon Korman |
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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.
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Island: Shipwreck, Survival, Escape |
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Gordon Korman |
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0439466148 |
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kids. 1 shipwreck. 1 desert island.
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Dive #3 |
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Gordon Korman |
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0439507243 |
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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.
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The Summit (Everest Series #3) |
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Gordon Korman |
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0439411378 |
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Four kids are prepared to go into thin air in order to become the youngest person ever to climb Everest. But they are not prepared for the challenges that await them as they get closer to the summit. Supplies are low. Conditions are extreme. One of the kids is trying to sabotage the others.And then the storm hits. . . .
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Everest Book Two: The Climb (Everest Series), Vol. 2 |
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Gordon Korman |
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The youngest expedition ever to attempt an Everest climb has begun. But the trouble starts long before they reach the summit. Competition is fierce. Conditions are harsh. And the trek from Base Camp proves a challenge that not all the contestants can meet . . . with disastrous results.
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The Deep |
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Gordon Korman |
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0439507235 |
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Island: Escape |
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Gordon Korman |
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ISLAND is a thrilling trilogy of stories. Luke, Charla, Will, Lyssa, J.J., and Ian aren¹t alone on their desert island. They¹ve survived so far, but now their enemies are closing in. They have only one chance to escape. Will they make it?
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Island: Survival, Vol. 2 |
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Gordon Korman |
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0439164575 |
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Six kids. One shipwreck. One deserted island. After their ship sinks, Luke, Ian, JJ, Sharla, Will, and Lyssa must find a way to survive. They have no food and very few supplies. They think they¹re all alone‹but they¹re not. And that¹s even worse.
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Public Enemies (On The Run Series Book #5) |
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Gordon Korman |
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0439651409 |
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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. |
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The Stowaway Solution |
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Gordon Korman |
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0439651395 |
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Aiden and Meg Falconer are on the hunt for the one man who might be able to free their parents from jail. The hitch? There are plenty of other people on the hunt for THEM, including the FBI and an eerie, hairless killer. After one close call too many, the Falconers find themselves stowed away on a ship -- but the chase doesn't end there. Instead, it moves to close quarters, where every step, every breath, could get them caught. |
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Now You See Them, Now You Don't |
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Gordon Korman |
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0439651387 |
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One man holds the key to freeing Aidan and Meg Falconer's parents from prison: a mysterious figure named Frank Lindenauer. Aidan and Meg must cross the country to try to catch him . . . even as the FBI tries to catch them first. In California, Aidan and Meg fall in with a crowd that already has its share of trouble going on. They want to believe they've found friends who will help them out. But if they're not careful, these "friends" will sell them out instead.
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Hunting the Hunter |
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Gordon Korman |
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0439651417 |
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Aiden and Meg Falconer have been all across country, looking for the man who framed their parents and sent them off to life in prison. Now they've found him -- and need to trap him before he gets away again. But it isn't going to be easy. Hairless Joe is a professional killer ... and he's not about to let two kids stand in the way of his freedom. It's the ultimate showdown -- and only one side can win. |
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