Gordon Korman

likes to do sports with you or watch sports yeah yeah that's your guys entry um but that's so shallow we are over here too just in case you have kids in like the middle school um Age range.

The other books that we have also been enjoying is Gordon Korman.

He is an author.

He has it's not like a series, but it's just books that he writes.

[laughs]

I do remember you reading Gordon Korman books maybe in, like, elementary school.

Yeah.

I did do that for a project in grade seven.

Plugged In will tell you that kids suffer when they don't get enough sleep.

But what if they don't sleep at all? That's what happens in Gordon Korman's book Sleepless.

Suddenly, a handful of middle schoolers in the town of Shagbark can't sleep.

They're not even tired.

And if you're not, you'll be familiar with some of the stories.

So let's dive into our conversation with Gordon Korman.

Gordon, it's really great to have you with

us.

Thanks so much for having me.

Well, that's it for today's episode.

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