# Gordon Korman — books assigned in US schools

**10** books by Gordon Korman appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 730L–730L
**Grade span:** 2–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/gordon-korman
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- friendship (3)
- humorous stories (2)
- school (2)
- schools (2)
- adventure and adventurers
- bullying
- football
- giftedness
- heist
- home schooling

## Genres

- Realistic Fiction (3)
- Humor (2)
- Middle Grade Fiction (2)
- Adventure
- Mystery

## Every Gordon Korman title on file

- [The Sixth Grade Nickname Game](https://readinglist.school/book/the-sixth-grade-nickname-game) _(Grades 4–6 · 1998)_
- [No More Dead Dogs](https://readinglist.school/book/no-more-dead-dogs) _(Grades 2–8 · 2000)_
- [Zoobreak](https://readinglist.school/book/zoobreak) _(Grades 4–6 · 2000)_
- [Schooled](https://readinglist.school/book/schooled) _(Grades 3–8 · 2007)_
- [Swindle](https://readinglist.school/book/swindle) _(Grades 4–7 · 2012)_
- [Ungifted](https://readinglist.school/book/ungifted) _(Grades 5–8 · 2012)_
- [Restart](https://readinglist.school/book/restart) _(730L · Grades 5–8 · 2017)_
- [Unplugged](https://readinglist.school/book/unplugged) _(Grades 4–6 · 2021)_
- [The Fort](https://readinglist.school/book/the-fort) _(Grades 6–8 · 2022)_
- [The Superteacher Project](https://readinglist.school/book/the-superteacher-project) _(Grades 3–6 · 2023)_

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