Question About Hypergifted
Hello Mr. Korman,
My name is R.J., and I’ve been reading your books for a long time since my dad was a huge fan of yours when he was a kid! I’ve enjoyed the Ungifted series, especially the first two books—the last one felt a bit different for me personally, but I still love the characters you’ve created. I had a question about the timeline that I hoped you might be able to explain. In Ungifted (published in 2012), Donovan and Noah are in 7th grade and around 12 years old. In Supergifted (2017), they’re in 8th grade at about 13. In Hypergifted, they start high school still at age 13.
If I follow the characters’ ages and grades literally, only about two school years pass in the story world. But because the books were published several years apart, the real-world dates would place their high school year around 2014. That’s where I got a little confused, because Hypergifted includes a very advanced AI system that is able to accurately generate videos—technology only developed considerably well in the mid‑2020s than from 2014.
I’m not criticizing at all; I’m just curious how you think about the series’ timeline.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, I’m excited to continue reading your books.
-R.J.