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Hi, RESTART Literature Circle!

Thanks for posting. I’m pleased to hear that your Wednesdays have become a big thing because of RESTART! That’s good news for me!

Naya, you said it! Brendan was needed for comedy relief in the story, which was pretty grim in places.

Emily, you won’t run out of reading material for a long time. My list is now 105 titles long!

Sofia, names are relatively easy. Everybody gets one in this world. I’m fussy about names, mind you. It has to feel “right” before I’ll hang a name on a character. I’m not sure how that works, but I recognize it when I see it.

Eliana, I needed a major accident, butI didn’t want him killed. I also needed him (SPOILER ALERT!)to have a vision of the painting in the house across the way as he fell.

Rikki, that was the restart — a mean kid restarting his life. The book was about second chances.

OK? Thanks, ladies. Happy reading.                                                                 —–Gordon Korman—–