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Responding to: 11. If I loved FAKER, what should I read next? 

To answer the question, I’d first want to know: What do you like about FAKER? 

> If you’re fascinated by the father/son dynamic: Simon Irving (SON OF INTERFLUX) and Vince Luca (SON OF THE MOB) and Chase Ambrose (RESTART) and Jet Baranov (UNPLUGGED) all have conflicted relationships with their fathers. Love and respect and resentment and disappointment all mingle. 

> If it’s the theme of con artistry and schemes: Griffin Bing (SWINDLE) is “the man with the plan” and the plan is usually a complexity of schemes. To be fair to him, he’s usually plotting to restore justice instead of pursuing a get-rich scheme. Artie Geller (NO COINS, PLEASE), on the other hand, schemes to rake in piles of cash while traveling the country—sound familiar?

> If it’s the family’s chameleon-like ability to assume new identities: Phil Baldwin (SON OF INTERFLUX) isn’t devious about it, but he reinvents himself multiple times to join new programs at his school for the arts. The Falconer siblings (ON THE RUN and KIDNAPPED series) become masters of blending in (and creating false identities) to avoid capture.

> If it’s Trey and Arianna’s sibling rivalry: Sean and Nicolette Delancey (A SEMESTER IN THE LIFE OF A GARBAGE BAG) and Will and Lyssa Greenfield (ISLAND trilogy) are brother-sister pairs who fight dirty with each other but ultimately have to work together.

> And if it’s the sleek wonder of technology known as El Capitan: Nothing compares to Mike Otis’s shiny black behemoth (DON’T CARE HIGH), but Mr. Kermit’s Coco Nerd (THE UNTEACHABLES) is a souped-up beauty, and Joe Cardone’s classic Camaro (LOSING JOE’S PLACE) is an aerodynamic black hole, and Phil Baldwin and Sam Stavrinidis’s “the wreck” (SON OF INTERFLUX) is only one tiny intermittent defect removed from the perfect car.

Let’s be honest: I’d suggest reading all the Gordon Korman books. But any of the above would be a good place to continue the journey.