Ungifted connection to FRC

Hi Mr. Korman,

Even though I am a senior in high school, I still remember Ungifted extremely fondly. When I was a freshman, I joined my high school\’s robotics team partly because of your book. As I enter my 4th and final season, I\’ve been thinking a lot about Ungifted. When I first read the book, I would\’ve never imagined myself being on a robotics team, much less being the driver of the robotics team, much like Donovan (minus the whole mistakenly enrolled in a school for gifted children). I do have one burning question, though: was Ungifted inspired by FIRST Robotics? From my memory, I can draw many parallels between the robotics competition described in the book and the 2011 FIRST Robotics Competition game \”Logo Motion\”. It also happens that the book was published a year later, in 2012.

I\’m excited to hear your response! Even if the two are not connected, I just want to let you know that your books were a huge part of my childhood, and who I am today. Thank you!