Ron Fulleman

Author of Easy Read YA and Hi/Low MG Books

Operation Do-Over

Operation Do-Over
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unteachables, Gordon Korman, comes a hilarious new high-concept friendship story in the vein of Back to the Future. Perfect for fans of Korman's Restart. Mason and Ty were once the very best of friends, like two nerdy sides of the same coin . . . until seventh grade, when Ava Petrakis came along. Now Mason can trace everything bad in his life to that terrible fight they had over the new girl. The one thing he'd give anything for is a do-over. But that can't happen in real life--can it? As a science kid, Mason knows do-overs are impossible, so he can't believe it when he wakes up from a freak accident and finds himself magically transported back to seventh grade. His parents aren't yet divorced and his beloved sheepdog is still alive. Best of all, he and Ty haven't had their falling-out yet. It makes no logical sense, but Mason is determined to use this second chance to not only save his friendship (and his dog!) but do other things differently--like trying out for the football team and giving new friends a chance. There's just one person he'll be avoiding at all costs: Ava. But despite his best efforts, will he be able to stop the chain of events that made his previous life implode?

Operation Do-Over by Gordon Korman is just another winner for this New York Times Best Selling Author. I enjoyed reading this MG story about two best friends whose friendship struggles after a new girl comes to their school. The protagonist, Mason, gets a do-over with the aid of time travel. The only problem is, he has no idea how or why he is able to travel back through time, or if he will ever get back to his previous time. With this new ability in his life, he tries to keep the future (his past, kind of) on a path of improvement which is much, much more difficult than he could have imagined.

I enjoyed this ‘brain-candy’ type of enjoyable read Korman has again given us. Read Operation Do-Over. You’ll enjoy it.

Operation Do-Over
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