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    Tobias R.J. DeMars

    I've seen somebody else post about this before, but they didn't go into nearly enough a detail, so I'd like to. Unplugged is one of if not my favorite books made by you, possibly just one of my favorite books. I know before you said, "I don't have any plans for a sequel to Unplugged, but I wouldn't rule it out," which is why I want to convince you.

    Unplugged could benefit so much from a sequel, because there were so many questions left unanswered in the first book. Like, what is Ivory's backstory? How is Jett's home situation, with his mom basically never being home and his dad being implied to be emotionally detached? How did the divorce affect Brooklynne? Literally anything about Brandon at all? There are so many questions that could be answered so well with a sequel.

    A really neat thing you could do for a sequel would be having be mainly about Magnus and Ivory, while still including the main cast from the last book. Obviously this wouldn't be required, but it would be interesting. Another way you could go about it could be a prequel, maybe exploring how Magnus built the Oasis, how  Vlad started his tech company, etc. Or you could do the central plot being the divorce of Magnus and Brooklynne's mom, that'd be pretty cool.

    Obviously, I don't expect anything out of you. It's your series, you get to do what you want with it. But I really think a sequel/prequel would benefit Unplugged, and your readers, in so many ways. Thanks for reading <3

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    Gordon
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    Hi, Tobias,


    Thanks for posting and for your loyalty to UNPLUGGED. As you can imagine, it was a lot of fun to write, too. Right now, my "to-be-written" list doesn't include a sequel or prequel. Sorry to disappoint you. But the book is only 3 years old, so there is time to add to it one day. But, as I said before, no promises.                                           -----Gordon Korman-----

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    Hi, Tobias,


    Thanks for posting and for your loyalty to UNPLUGGED. As you can imagine, it was a lot of fun to write, too. Right now, my "to-be-written" list doesn't include a sequel or prequel. Sorry to disappoint you. But the book is only 3 years old, so there is time to add to it one day. But, as I said before, no promises.                                           -----Gordon Korman-----

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