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identification with this
young author. They too
had struggled with

‘writing assignments in

Grade 7. Others ap-
preciated him because he
was another teenager,
although they called him
‘sir’! All of them liked
his books because they
are truly funny and
children and adults alike
can enjoy the delights of
slapstick humor and
general high jinks.

Don’t Care
High

In Korman's first

‘novel for young adults,

he explores a New York
City high school that’s
wallowing hilariously in
apathy.

Don Carey High —
dubbed ‘‘Don’t Care
High’’ by its students —
features clocks that
students
who don’t study; and
teachers who have given
up. A zany scheme is set
into motion by
newcomer Paul and his
friend Shel, beginning
with the selection of
Mike, an unlikely can-
didate, for school presi-

dent; running his cam-
paign; entering a
regional science fair with
a magnificent model of
the city sewer system;
and attributing every
positive change in the
school to the befuddled
Mike!

Wher he completed
his now famous Grade 7
English project, This
Can’t Be Happening at
Macdonald Hall, he
knew that he had a good
book. With encourage-
ment from his parents
and teacher, he took his
story to Scholastic Books
for consideration. After
that, Gordon followed a
policy of writing a book
every summer, except for
I Want to Go Home
which was a fall produc-
tion.

In the first three
books, Macdonald Hall,
Go Jump in the Pool and
Beware the Fish, two
lovable brats, Bruno and
Boots, terrorize their
boarding school with
their antics. | Want to
Go Home, about sum-
mer camp life, and Who
is Bugs Potter, which
tells the story of a legen-
dary drummer, were his
next books, ‘ with Our
Man Weston following.

MARVIN

WHY ARE YOU SO DEPRESSED
TODAY, MR. GROUNDHOG?

MY NEPHEW 4.

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