Ambiguous Disorder: The way Mike Otis tries to avoid interacting with other people and takes a lot of bizarre occurrences in stride without trying to understand them better could mean that he's on the autism spectrum or has a similar disorder, but his specific behavioral condition (if any) is never confirmed.All Love Is Unrequited: Paul's crush Daphne is crazy about Mike, who just wants to be left alone.And when the dam breaks, the change is something to remember. His new friend Sheldon ropes him into a grand scheme to build up isolated loner Mike Otis as a hero of the school, just to get them interested in something. New student Paul Abrams is stunned by the state of the school. The students can barely be bothered to show up for class, the teachers are burnouts or overly temperamental, the sports teams and extracurricular activities are nearly deserted. Samuel Wiscombe, a character from Don't Care High was named from someone who called Gordon with a wrong number.Don Carey High School has earned it's nickname "Don't Care High" many times over.The story Don't Care High was largely based on his own experiences.Some of his favorite children's book writers include Jerry Spinelli, Cris Crutcher, Jack Gantos, and J.K.He has written three books for the 39 Clues series.
He had published several books before graduating high school and won the Air Canada award for promising young authors at the age of 17.Griffin and his friends have to figure out how to retrieve the item. In the first book its Griffin's Babe Ruth baseball card, in the second book its Savannah's monkey, and in the third book it's the school's Superbowl ring. In each book Griffin or his friends get "swindled" by someone out of something valuable to them. Swindle is the first of three books in a series about a sixth grader named Griffin Bing. He says he tries to write his books to be funny and entertaining, not to teach a lesson or moral. He's now married with three kids of his own and lives in New York. Gordon continued writing as a career and has written many Kids Books and series. Funny thing is that he only got a B+ on the paper! He sent the book to Scholastic and it was published a few years later as the first book in his Bruno and Boots series. Gordon first started writing in the 7th grade at the age of 12! He had an assignment in English class that later he turned into his first book called This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall. His mom wrote a column for a newspaper in Montreal. His favorite books as a kid were the Great Brain series. Gordon Korman was born on Octoin Montreal, Canada.
Most recently the Swindle trilogy has been very popular among kids. He has been writing for most of his life and has produced a number of novels and series.
Gordon Korman is an author of Kids Books.
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