# Restart

**Author:** Gordon Korman
**Lexile:** 730L
**Grade range:** Grades 5–8
**Age range:** 10–13
**First published:** 2017
**Page count:** 256
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781338246032`
**ISBN-10:** `1338246038`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/restart
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Chase falls off a roof, loses his memory, and discovers he used to be the school bully — giving him the rare chance to decide who he wants to be now. Told from rotating viewpoints, Gordon Korman's novel about identity, accountability, and second chances is a common grades 5-8 read.

## Themes

- identity
- bullying
- memory
- redemption

## Content notes

- bullying

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