History Creator / GordonKorman

* DramaticIrony: In his ''Titanic'' trilogy, we know from the start that the ship will sink.

* JerkJock: After being almost completely averted in his earlier works ''[[Literature/MacdonaldHall The Zucchini Warriors]]'' and ''The Toilet Paper Tigers'', this trope comes into play in ''The Twinkie Squad'' (Kahill, although Commando is about as much of a subversion as you can get), ''Jake, Reinvented'' (most of the football team), ''The Chicken Doesn't Skate'' (the hockey team, to Zachary), and especially in ''Restart'' (Aaron and Bear; also Chase before AmnesiacsAreInnocent kicked in).

* ScalingTheSummit: The ''Everest'' series focuses on a team of climbers training for an ascent of Mount Everest.

* TaxmanTakesTheWinnings: During the RoadTripPlot ''No Coins Please'', Artie Geller spends his road trip across the country engaging in half-a-dozen [[GetRichQuickScheme get-rich-quick schemes]]. One scheme involves bribing the employees closing a bankrupt factory to turn it into a disco for a night. Another is renting several cows and charging tourists a dollar a minute to milk them while egging them into competitions due to how little milk it's possible to get in a minute. The book ends with the FBI catching up to Artie and reciting a LongList of about forty illegal things he's done (not paying any taxes, not getting a license or health inspection for his milking business, using the factory without permission of its owners, selling liquor without a license, failing to pay utility bills etc.). They agree to drop the charges if Artie makes restitution, leaving him with a profit of just $2.96 from his combined hustles.

* The ''Literature/{{Titanic}}'' trilogy

* MurderByInaction: A sympathetic version occurs in the final book of the ''Dive'' trilogy. [[spoiler: Privateer James Blade and his cabin boy Samuel are the only survivors of their ship. Samuel is clinging to the ship's floating figurehead and Blade is injured and barely able to stay above water. Blade's actions are responsible for the deaths of their shipmates, he murdered the entire crew of the Spanish galleon they just overtook and killed Samuel's best friend in the first book over a breach of discipline. Samuel turns the figurehead away from Blade and paddles towards the shore, leaving his captain to drown.]]

** ''The Contest''
** ''The Climb''
** ''The Summit''

* ''LIterature/Everest2002''

Canadian author of HighSchool comedies, as well as darker adventure/thriller kid novels. His comedic novels include the Bruno & Boots/ Literature/MacdonaldHall series, ''Literature/NoMoreDeadDogs'', and ''The Toilet Paper Tigers''. His adventure novel series include ''Everest'' and ''Literature/OnTheRun''. His first novel, ''This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall''. was written and published -- and was extremely successful -- when he was ''twelve years old''.

Canadian author of HighSchool comedies, as well as darker adventure/thriller kid novels. His comedic novels include the Bruno & Boots/ Literature/MacdonaldHall series, ''Literature/NoMoreDeadDogs'', and ''The Toilet Paper Tigers''. His adventure novel series include ''Everest'' and ''Literature/OnTheRun''. His first novel, ''This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall''. was written and published when he was ''twelve years old''.

* TaxmanTakesTheWinnings: During the RoadTripPlot ''No Coins Please'', Artie Geller spends his road trip across the country engaging in half-a-dozen get rich schemes. One scheme involves bribing the employees closing a bankrupt factory to turn it into a disco for a night. Another is renting several cows and charging tourists a dollar a minute to milk them while egging them into competitions due to how little milk it's possible to get in a minute. The book ends with the FBI catching up to Artie and reciting a LongList of about forty things he's done wrong (not paying any taxes, not getting a license or health inspection for his milking business, using the factory without permission of its owners, selling liquor without a license, failing to pay utility bills etc.). They agree to drop the charges if Artie makes restitution, leaving him with a profit of just $2.96 from his combined hustles.

Canadian author of HighSchool comedies, as well as adventure/thriller kid novels. His comedic novels include the Bruno & Boots/ Literature/MacdonaldHall series, ''Literature/NoMoreDeadDogs'', and ''The Toilet Paper Tigers''. His adventure novel series include ''Everest'' and ''Literature/OnTheRun''. His first novel, ''This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall''. was written and published when he was ''twelve years old''.

* ''Literature/{{Island|2000}}'': Composed of either the "Island Trilogy Bind-Up Book" or:
** ''Shipwreck''
** ''Survival''
** ''Escape''

* ''Literature/OperationDoOver''

* ''Literature/TheFort''