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THANKS SO MUCH! My face almost split open from my smile!!! That makes me so happy! So, so so happy! Thank you! So much! I am so screenshotting that! That makes me so happy, oh my gosh, thanks! THANKS!! I could literally cry I am so happy, you don’t know what that means to me!! Because you’re so cool! And like, just the thought, that the person who created Roddy, Ben, Wallace Wallace, Kiana, and so many more amazing and spectacular characters in such amazing and spectacular universes considers me his friend!?!?!?!?! and a SPECIAL FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! Never could you being so cool and nice and awesome have fit into my wildest dreams. I remember ever time I read and re-read Whatshisface, seeing your name on the cover and revering you because Wow, Gordon Korman wrote this! And I remember finding out there was a sequel to Ungifted, reading and re-reading it, and being just so happy and thankful you came  with another (and even better, in my opinion) book! And then Restart! The six billion and a half times I’ve read that. My copy is torn up partially from my dog and partially from me using it so much. And you wrote it! 

I remember in 5th grade, when I first read your books, looking around my school’s library. I asked the librarian if she had any Gordon Korman books for obvi reasons. She didn’t know so I looked on the bookshelf. I literally saw your name on Schooled and it was like a light bulb went off in my head!! I didn’t even care what the book was about, I just got it and read it all in like, I don’t know, three days? I read slowly back when I was 10. I loved that book as I expected. Unfortunately, I prowled the library and they had no more books of yours. Still loved Schooled though.

I remember when I was on Twitter and I had reposted your tweet or whatever and said you were my favorite author ever. That was before I found the forum. And you liked the tweet and i SCREAMED! Then i told my mom and we were super happy together because she knows you’re my favorite author ever!!! Oh that was a magnificent day. Also the day I realized the Forum existed. Last summer

I also remember in 7th grade my reading list in the summer. One of your books, No More Dead Dogs, was on there. I immediately bought it!! And read it!! Oh I loved that book so much. It was awesome! It still is. And then later I went on Kindle and tried to get free samples of all of your books I could. Then I accidentally clicked your Amazon page and thought something like “Wow, he’s so cool” but in a distance way because you are like a celebrity and I would probably never meet you let alone talk to you.

And now, you say such a kind thing to me! Wow! I will cherish this in my heart forever and ever. Currently my Spanish teacher is really late so I can afford to write all of this on here in the middle of class. But I just. Thank you so much!

You’re the main inspiration for like, me becoming an author! Every time I try to write and think “oh, I cant” I remember that you published your first book at 14, MY AGE. Such an inspiration you are! And you’ve written 99 books, at least, no, 100, because The Fort, and you’ve never looked back! AAAAAAA!

In like two months, it will have been a YEAR I have known this Forum existed and used it. Wow

Anyway, I think that is all. This took like twenty minutes to write, LOL. I am so happy! I am glad I am your friend!

Be blessed, truly, for real, and forever,

Jade