READER’S FORUM

November 22, 2023 at 07:39 pm Reply

Rose Spadafora

Hello,

I am searching for book #1 in the Macdonald Hall series. It appears Amazon and Indigo don’t have it. India go wasn’t even able to order it. If someone might be able to help me find a place where I can order the specific book from I would really appreciate it.
November 22, 2023 at 11:09 pm Reply

Darren

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Rose, you can give eBay a try.
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Rose, you can give eBay a try.
November 23, 2023 at 04:03 am Reply

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Hi, Rose,

If all else fails, try second-hand bookstores. And if that fails too, I know it was available as an eBook, like on Kindle or Kobo. The only other one might be on CD by a company called Recorded Books, but that was on the market a very long time ago. And there were several boxed sets which included it as Book #1, but maybe only Scholastic Canada knows about those.

Sorry you're having such a hard time finding it. I have hopes that the whole series will be reprinted one of these days, but I can't say when. -----Gordon Korman-----
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Hi, Rose,

If all else fails, try second-hand bookstores. And if that fails too, I know it was available as an eBook, like on Kindle or Kobo. The only other one might be on CD by a company called Recorded Books, but that was on the market a very long time ago. And there were several boxed sets which included it as Book #1, but maybe only Scholastic Canada knows about those.

Sorry you're having such a hard time finding it. I have hopes that the whole series will be reprinted one of these days, but I can't say when. -----Gordon Korman-----
November 30, 2023 at 04:08 am Reply

Nate

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Rose-- there are plenty of copies on Ebay.

Mr. Korman-- if the books do get republished can they go back to the way they were written? The updates are lame and ruin your original vision (even if it was you that did the updating ;) ).

Thank you
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Rose-- there are plenty of copies on Ebay.

Mr. Korman-- if the books do get republished can they go back to the way they were written? The updates are lame and ruin your original vision (even if it was you that did the updating ;) ).

Thank you
November 30, 2023 at 06:03 pm Reply

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Hi, Nate,

The publisher does the updating, so I can remain blameless! And remember -- when I wrote the first one, there was no Internet, and no one had their own computer! Updating, lame or not, has to happen. Bruno & Boots and the gang deserve a trip to the 21st Century. Me too! -----Gordon Korman-----
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Hi, Nate,

The publisher does the updating, so I can remain blameless! And remember -- when I wrote the first one, there was no Internet, and no one had their own computer! Updating, lame or not, has to happen. Bruno & Boots and the gang deserve a trip to the 21st Century. Me too! -----Gordon Korman-----
December 2, 2023 at 12:36 am Reply

Nate

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Blasphemous! :) Bruno and Boots are right where they belong! (Though I guess I can see the point of updating).
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Blasphemous! :) Bruno and Boots are right where they belong! (Though I guess I can see the point of updating).
December 2, 2023 at 07:17 pm Reply

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I sort of agree with you, Nate. (Please don't tell anybody.) --GK--
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I sort of agree with you, Nate. (Please don't tell anybody.) --GK--