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Gordon Korman


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in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
October 23, 1963

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Gordon Korman is a Canadian author of children's and young adult fiction books. Korman's books have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide over a career spanning four decades and have appeared at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list. ...more

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SNOOP IS AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2025!

I’m proud to report that SNOOP, which is already a NY Times, Indie, and USA Today bestseller, has just been named an Amazon Best Book of 2025!

Not since the days of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1950s movie Read Window has spying on your neighbors generated so much excitement! (And since that was my inspiration for SNOOP, you might want to give that old classic a watch.)

Okay, the red panda on the cover doesn’

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Average rating: 4.06 · 562,943 ratings · 41,080 reviews · 249 distinct worksSimilar authors
One False Note (The 39 Clue...

3.90 avg rating — 55,068 ratings — published 2008
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Restart

4.18 avg rating — 50,329 ratings — published 2017 — 21 editions
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The Emperor's Code (The 39 ...

4.05 avg rating — 44,481 ratings — published 2010 — 52 editions
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The Medusa Plot (39 Clues: ...

4.09 avg rating — 30,456 ratings — published 2011 — 38 editions
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Schooled

3.86 avg rating — 30,292 ratings — published 2007 — 43 editions
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Ungifted (Ungifted #1)

4.05 avg rating — 26,285 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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The Unteachables

4.34 avg rating — 19,068 ratings — published 2019 — 21 editions
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Swindle (Swindle, #1)

3.97 avg rating — 19,544 ratings — published 2008 — 29 editions
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Masterminds (Masterminds, #1)

4.30 avg rating — 14,033 ratings — published 2015 — 27 editions
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Linked

4.18 avg rating — 9,015 ratings — published 2021 — 12 editions
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Quotes by Gordon Korman  (?)
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“Ask yourself: 'Do I feel the need to laminate?' Then teaching is for you.”
Gordon Korman

“I hate France. It's like the whole country's on a diet”
Gordon Korman, One False Note

“Don't think of it as losing a boyfriend. Think of it as gaining a stalker."
-Dan Cahill”
Gordon Korman, The Medusa Plot

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