When I was a child we lived far from any of our extended family members, so summers were usually spent driving to either Virginia or Minnesota (sometimes both in one summer) from our home in southeast Michigan. The trips were long and (use your imagination here, young readers) took place with NO cell phones, iPods, dvd players, or other hand-held games. Eventually we acquired Sony Walkmans and earphones and could pass the time with our favorite cassettes (and music we taped from the radio).
To pass the time, my amazing mother would read aloud to us. For Hours! She held us captive with silly stories and dramatic tales. Our most often-read and favorite books were by a Canadian author named Gordon Korman. When Tim and I got married, Tim drove all around my hometown looking for copies of old Korman books so we could have our own collection.
David LOVES a good book.
And so a tradition has continued. We have read and re-read these books for years. Korman wrote and published his first book in JUNIOR HIGH!!! These fun young adult books are clever, well-written and full of memorable characters.
On this rainy day, Tim picked up Son of Interflux, and started to read. Such a great story. And a joy to me that Tim has continued this tradition from my family and passed on these hilarious tales to our children.
Snuggle, reading time!
I can’t speak for ALL of Gordan Kormans books, but these are some of our all time favorites:
 Can one student and his disgruntled classmates thwart a giant corporation’s attempt to build a new complex? |
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 Running away from camp has never been so funny. |
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 A hilarious story about friendship, poetry and an attempt to reverse one’s bad luck. |
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 “Whatever you do, DON’T lose my apartment.” 3 friends crazy adventures in the big city. |
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 A drummer, a “flute-guy”, one celebrity and two theives make for a hysterically funny story. |
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 A loveable con artist? Attack jelly, Cow Experts? So funny! |
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 One of my all time favorites! The story of a high school that finds some spirit! |
Kathy
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I had such fun reading Our Man Weston to the kids during the trip to Tennessee. It was one of the highlights of the trip!
I’d have to say that my all-time favorite is Losing Joe’s Place, although several of the others are nearly as good. I enjoy the recurrence of bit-character Gavin Gunhold in several of the stories.
I love all the Gordon Korman books! They are classics!
I love Gordon Korman!!! We really enjoy reading those together!