Linked

Name: Linked
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Author: Gordon Korman
ISBN: 9781705041543

Author: Gordon Korman

Narrator: Preston Butler, III, Mark Sanderlin, Cassandra Morris, Christopher Gebauer, Maxwell Glick, Sandy Rustin

Unabridged: 6 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/20/2021

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

An unforgettable novel from the New York Times bestselling Gordon Korman.

Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika.

Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing?

Because Michael was the first person to see it, he's the first suspect. Because Link is one of the most popular guys in school, everyone's looking to him to figure it out. And because Dana's the only Jewish girl in the whole town, everyone's treating her more like an outsider than ever.

The mystery deepens as more swastikas begin to appear. Some students decide to fight back and start a project to bring people together instead of dividing them further. The closer Link, Michael, and Dana get to the truth, the more there is to face—not just the crimes of the present, but the crimes of the past.

With Linked, Gordon Korman, the author of the acclaimed novel Restart, poses a mystery for all readers where the "who did it?" isn't nearly as important as the why.

About Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman published his first book at age fourteen and since then has written more than one hundred middle grade and teen novels. Favorites include the New York Times bestselling Ungifted, Supergifted, The Superteacher Project, The Unteachables, Pop, Notorious, Unplugged, Operation Do-Over, Slugfest, and the Masterminds series. Gordon lives with his family on Long Island, New York. You can visit him online at gordonkorman.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla on July 14, 2021

Chokecherry, Colorado has a swastika problem. They are popping up all over the school and no amount of tolerance training seems to be capable of stopping the perpetrator. It also seems to be impossible to catch the culprit in the act. What are they to do? They need some serious morale boosting. Then......more

Goodreads review by Anna Beth on September 07, 2021

I hope this makes it on to some required reading lists because it should be read by everyone. This book digs into the need for tolerance, different perspectives, remembrance, change... I could go on. Read (or listen) to this dang book.......more

Goodreads review by Richie on June 12, 2021

Richie’s Picks: LINKED by Gordon Korman, Scholastic Press, July 2021, 256p., ISBN: 978-1-338-62912-5 “Almost two-thirds of young American adults do not know that 6 million Jew were killed during the Holocaust, and more than one in 10 believe Jews caused the Holocaust, a new survey has found, revealin......more

Goodreads review by Laura on August 04, 2021

Incredible middle grade book by Gordon Korman, a perennial favorite in my school. . . . ✅ complex story about tolerance, identity, and the importance of remembrance ✅ Jewish protagonists, modern story, bar mitzvah preparation ✅ multiple perspectives ✅ great readalike to RESTART (popular kid has an awakeni......more

Goodreads review by Noah on July 16, 2022

The Gordon Korman problem- an attempt to handle social issues in a meaningful way, only to completely drop the ball because he is an old white dude. Genuinely, this book could have done great, and I like the concept. But I can’t defend the the awkward and harmful elements of the story. Korman is con......more