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Hi, Alyssa K.,

Thanks for posting and for your interest in me and my books. I’ll try to answer your questions.

1) THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING AT MACDONALD HALL, THE WAR WITH MR. WIZZLE, GO JUMP IN THE POOL, and SWINDLE have all been made into movies. Also a Disney series some years ago called THE JERSEY was based on my series THE MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL CLUB. You’re right — authors write books, and film companies make movies, so turning my stuff into movies isn’t up to me. But hopefully there will be more.

2) I was 14 when my first book, THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING AT MACDONALD HALL, was published, but 12, in 7th grade, when I wrote it as an English assignment.

3) A lot of people have asked for a sequel to RESTART. I’d never say never, but right now I have no plans to write one. Sorry.

Thanks again, Alyssa, for your interest in me and my work. I hope you’ll continue to be a fan.

                                                                                       —–Gordon Korman—–