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November 15, 2024 at 02:11 pm Reply
Alice MI would like to know if The Unteachables or Unplugged will have sequels. Please respond as soon as you can. 😸
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November 15, 2024 at 06:25 pm Reply
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Re: UNPLUGGED and THE UNTEACHABLES. No sequels are planned at the moment, but I wouldn't rule it out if there is a demand for more. Would you accept an indefinite maybe? -----Gordon Korman-----
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Re: UNPLUGGED and THE UNTEACHABLES. No sequels are planned at the moment, but I wouldn't rule it out if there is a demand for more. Would you accept an indefinite maybe? -----Gordon Korman-----
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November 20, 2024 at 11:50 pm Reply
Simiobject(stdClass)#827 (23) { ["ID"]=> string(5) "27215" ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2024-11-20 23:50:42" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-11-20 23:50:42" ["post_content"]=> string(171) "I am a BIG fan of the Superteacher project and Unplugged and would LOVE to know if there will be a sequel to any of the books. Thanks for answering my question!
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November 21, 2024 at 12:34 am Reply
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November 21, 2024 at 04:43 am Reply
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Thanks for posting, both of you. As of now, there are no sequels or prequels planned for THE SUPERTEACHER PROJECT, UNPLUGGED, or THE UNTEACHABLES. But I definitely wouldn't rule anything out. However, if you'll check my recent list, I've moved on quite a bit, and I have quite a list ahead of me in the planning stages. So the best I can offer is an indefinite maybe. Sorry, but right now it will have to do.
Regards, -----Gordon Korman-----
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Thanks for posting, both of you. As of now, there are no sequels or prequels planned for THE SUPERTEACHER PROJECT, UNPLUGGED, or THE UNTEACHABLES. But I definitely wouldn't rule anything out. However, if you'll check my recent list, I've moved on quite a bit, and I have quite a list ahead of me in the planning stages. So the best I can offer is an indefinite maybe. Sorry, but right now it will have to do.
Regards, -----Gordon Korman-----
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December 12, 2024 at 08:07 pm Reply
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Rudy needs to make a comeback. A friendship involving an overheated game console and waffles is a very serious friendship indeed.
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Rudy needs to make a comeback. A friendship involving an overheated game console and waffles is a very serious friendship indeed.
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December 13, 2024 at 04:50 am Reply
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Thanks for posting. I'm pleased to hear that my books have been going over well with you.
Re: FAKER. I haven't planned a sequel, but I wouldn't rule it out. But Rudy? He'd be a grandfather by now! I was 13 or 14 when I wrote that book! I don't think I could get myself back into Rudy Miller mode if I tried! I think Rudy stands on his own.
Watch for OLD SCHOOL, coming in January. Laughs guaranteed.
Thanks again! -----Gordon Korman-----
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Thanks for posting. I'm pleased to hear that my books have been going over well with you.
Re: FAKER. I haven't planned a sequel, but I wouldn't rule it out. But Rudy? He'd be a grandfather by now! I was 13 or 14 when I wrote that book! I don't think I could get myself back into Rudy Miller mode if I tried! I think Rudy stands on his own.
Watch for OLD SCHOOL, coming in January. Laughs guaranteed.
Thanks again! -----Gordon Korman-----
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December 13, 2024 at 02:33 pm Reply
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I was talking about Rudy, Trey's friend from Spealman in Faker. A game heated console friendship is very serious indeed.
Either way, Faker was one of my favorite books!
" ["post_title"]=> string(5) "reply" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(10) "reply-9553" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2024-12-13 14:33:18" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-12-13 14:33:18" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> string(5) "27153" ["guid"]=> string(33) "https://gordonkorman.com/?p=27459" ["menu_order"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_type"]=> string(5) "reply" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" }Thanks for responding!
I was talking about Rudy, Trey's friend from Spealman in Faker. A game heated console friendship is very serious indeed.
Either way, Faker was one of my favorite books!
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December 13, 2024 at 05:50 pm Reply
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January 14, 2025 at 05:33 pm Reply
Jaxon Clausobject(stdClass)#814 (23) { ["ID"]=> string(5) "27743" ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2025-01-14 17:33:58" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2025-01-14 17:33:58" ["post_content"]=> string(745) "Hi, Gordan!
The Unteachables has grown to be my favorite book, I would love to see a second one! The first book was released in 2019 and Kiana Roubini was about 14, so counting the from 2019 to 2025, that\\\'s 6 years! Kiana would be 20 by now so maybe you could make the second book where she becomes a teacher and gets placed with SCS-8 and since she was in that class, she will know almost everything to expect! You should also take out Thaddeus, considering he would be old by now, and make Christiana Vargas the superintendent! Her as the superintendent would make the story a bit more interesting. Now, these are just considerations, but it would be interesting.
Sincerely, The biggest unteachables fan
" ["post_title"]=> string(5) "reply" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(10) "reply-9645" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2025-01-14 17:33:58" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2025-01-14 17:33:58" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> string(5) "27153" ["guid"]=> string(33) "https://gordonkorman.com/?p=27743" ["menu_order"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_type"]=> string(5) "reply" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" }Hi, Gordan!
The Unteachables has grown to be my favorite book, I would love to see a second one! The first book was released in 2019 and Kiana Roubini was about 14, so counting the from 2019 to 2025, that\\\'s 6 years! Kiana would be 20 by now so maybe you could make the second book where she becomes a teacher and gets placed with SCS-8 and since she was in that class, she will know almost everything to expect! You should also take out Thaddeus, considering he would be old by now, and make Christiana Vargas the superintendent! Her as the superintendent would make the story a bit more interesting. Now, these are just considerations, but it would be interesting.
Sincerely, The biggest unteachables fan
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January 14, 2025 at 09:07 pm Reply
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Great idea, but I don't think I'm goingto do it. As you said, the book was written 6 years ago, and I'm not sure I could get into Unteachables mode again. Further, the publisher might not go for the idea. But I'll grant you that much -- it should really fly!
I'm glad the book has been so much fun for you. It was a hoot to write, too, especially the scene with the vuvuzelas!
Thanks for reaching out, Jaxon! -----Gordon Korman-----
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Great idea, but I don't think I'm goingto do it. As you said, the book was written 6 years ago, and I'm not sure I could get into Unteachables mode again. Further, the publisher might not go for the idea. But I'll grant you that much -- it should really fly!
I'm glad the book has been so much fun for you. It was a hoot to write, too, especially the scene with the vuvuzelas!
Thanks for reaching out, Jaxon! -----Gordon Korman-----
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January 17, 2025 at 05:17 pm Reply
Jaxon Clausobject(stdClass)#802 (23) { ["ID"]=> string(5) "27824" ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2025-01-17 17:17:00" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2025-01-17 17:17:00" ["post_content"]=> string(136) "Dear Gordon,
maybe a sequel? I have no ideas but maybe some people can think of some?
--Jaxon Claus--
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maybe a sequel? I have no ideas but maybe some people can think of some?
--Jaxon Claus--
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January 17, 2025 at 05:58 pm Reply
object(stdClass)#811 (23) { ["ID"]=> string(5) "27825" ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2025-01-17 17:58:16" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2025-01-17 17:58:16" ["post_content"]=> string(785) "It doesn't actually lend itself to a sequel, Jaxon. The kids are in their final year of middle school, whuch means they're going into the high school system, where they will probably be separated, even into different schools, epending on where they live. It would be too repetitive to lump them all together in the "problem" class, as they were in the first book. Plus back then they had only that one year to get through, whereas high school goes on forever -- or sometimes it feels that way!
Anyway, the "lesson" the book tries to show is that everybody has some talent for something. It just needs to be found and nurtured. The kids should be relatively OK from here on in, no? Think positive! --GK--
" ["post_title"]=> string(5) "reply" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(10) "reply-9692" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2025-01-17 17:58:16" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2025-01-17 17:58:16" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> string(5) "27153" ["guid"]=> string(33) "https://gordonkorman.com/?p=27825" ["menu_order"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_type"]=> string(5) "reply" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" }It doesn't actually lend itself to a sequel, Jaxon. The kids are in their final year of middle school, whuch means they're going into the high school system, where they will probably be separated, even into different schools, epending on where they live. It would be too repetitive to lump them all together in the "problem" class, as they were in the first book. Plus back then they had only that one year to get through, whereas high school goes on forever -- or sometimes it feels that way!
Anyway, the "lesson" the book tries to show is that everybody has some talent for something. It just needs to be found and nurtured. The kids should be relatively OK from here on in, no? Think positive! --GK--
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February 11, 2025 at 01:09 pm Reply
Joeobject(stdClass)#801 (23) { ["ID"]=> string(5) "28129" ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2025-02-11 13:09:46" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2025-02-11 13:09:46" ["post_content"]=> string(67) "What if the unteachables had a movie???
What if the unteachables had a movie???
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February 12, 2025 at 04:27 am Reply
object(stdClass)#821 (23) { ["ID"]=> string(5) "28144" ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2025-02-12 04:27:38" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2025-02-12 04:27:38" ["post_content"]=> string(473) "Hey, Joe, what if, indeed! I wish! Of course, it's not up to me to make a movie. I write books, and film companies make movies. But I agree -- it would make an amazing movie! So let's keepour fingers crossed, OK? And if you know any filmmakers ...
Thanks, Joe, -----Gordon Korman-----
" ["post_title"]=> string(5) "reply" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(10) "reply-9837" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2025-02-12 04:27:38" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2025-02-12 04:27:38" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> string(5) "27153" ["guid"]=> string(33) "https://gordonkorman.com/?p=28144" ["menu_order"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_type"]=> string(5) "reply" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" }Hey, Joe, what if, indeed! I wish! Of course, it's not up to me to make a movie. I write books, and film companies make movies. But I agree -- it would make an amazing movie! So let's keepour fingers crossed, OK? And if you know any filmmakers ...
Thanks, Joe, -----Gordon Korman-----