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December 11, 2025 at 08:22 pm Reply

Charley .B

Dear Gorden Korman I’m a huge fan and I want to know some things about your books and mostly the Unteachables. First did some people in real life inspire you for the characters? How did you come up with there names? What’s you favorite character mine is Kiana because even though she actually didn’t go to the school she didn’t tell or be rude because she wouldn’t be there for long and she was super smart! Can you please make an Unteachables 2? What was your favorite book you made out of 106?! My favorite part was when they were dumping the vuvselazs in the river and how they saved Mr.Kermit what’s yours!? If you wrote another book what whould it be about? Anyway those where all my questions thanks for sending my teacher the video and your my favorite book writer of all time i hope this brightens you day bye! 👋
December 12, 2025 at 04:39 am Reply

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Hi, Charley B.,

I'll try to get to all your questions:

The characters are all fictional. That's not to say a little bit of myself and the people I know can't be in thetr too,but they're basically made up. Names are easy. Everybody gets one. You just have to make them up. My favorite character is Mr. Kermit, who had to change so much to take the kids in hand. I have no favorites among my books, but I'm proud of the MASTERMINDS trilogy, and my 100th book,which was THE FORT. And THE UNTEACHABLES, of course!

And YES, getting praise like this from your whole class has really made my day! Thanks.

-----Gordon Korman-----
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Hi, Charley B.,

I'll try to get to all your questions:

The characters are all fictional. That's not to say a little bit of myself and the people I know can't be in thetr too,but they're basically made up. Names are easy. Everybody gets one. You just have to make them up. My favorite character is Mr. Kermit, who had to change so much to take the kids in hand. I have no favorites among my books, but I'm proud of the MASTERMINDS trilogy, and my 100th book,which was THE FORT. And THE UNTEACHABLES, of course!

And YES, getting praise like this from your whole class has really made my day! Thanks.

-----Gordon Korman-----