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    Aly

    Hi Gordon again!

    So I was making another AU of your more supernatural books. It's going to be a crossover of the SCP Foundation! If you're a fan of supernatural stories, both comedic and horror in nature, you should check it out!

    Anyways, my plan was to to have black spaces for each letter of various places or names, since that's how it works in the SCP Foundation for "confidentiality". But then I realized that I don't know where a lot of these books take place! 

    Of course most books have names of hometowns, Delgado, Hardcastle, Stratford/Three Hills. But none them really have a state they take place in since they're all made up places, lol. 

    I was wondering which states (and cities they live in if I didn't see or notice it) these books take place in?

    • Ungifted  (not going to use Ungifted in this AU but the location is something I think about a lot)
    • Mixed-Up (I believe the town is called Delgado because of Reef's middle school, but no clue)
    • Whatshisface (I can't remember if the state where Stratford/Three Hills was mentioned at all)
    • Sleepless (I'm assuming it's somewhere in the East because that's where most shagbark hickory is seen) (also not really supernatural but since the serum has inhuman properties, I included it along with Theamelpos from ASITLOAGB, but I know that location)
    • Nose Pickers From Outer Space (I only read that first book so far so maybe it's revealed in the other books. All I know is that it's not in Chicago, Texas, or California. And that the school is called Clearview Elementary, but it's a pretty common name for a school)
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    Hi, Aly,


    Thanks for posting.


    The reason you're unsure about the location of these books is because I deliberately planned it that way. They're all fictional places, specifically placed "out there" so that anyone reading them can picture someplace they're more familiar with. Sorry it seems to be bothering you a little. You must be one of those people who believe "everything has to be somewhere." Sorry. It's not my style.                                                                                                         -----Gordon Korman-----

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    Hi, Aly,


    Thanks for posting.


    The reason you're unsure about the location of these books is because I deliberately planned it that way. They're all fictional places, specifically placed "out there" so that anyone reading them can picture someplace they're more familiar with. Sorry it seems to be bothering you a little. You must be one of those people who believe "everything has to be somewhere." Sorry. It's not my style.                                                                                                         -----Gordon Korman-----

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    Aly
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    Ohhhh, okay! Don't worry, it doesn't bother me! I actually quite like it now that you explained it. Thank you! :)

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    Ohhhh, okay! Don't worry, it doesn't bother me! I actually quite like it now that you explained it. Thank you! :)

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