The Fort
The story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five friends who need to stick together after they set up a hideout in an abandoned bomb shelter and discover that the only way to be true friends is to reveal their secrets and help each other out.
The morning after Hurricane Leo rips through the town of Canaan, residents awaken to widespread destruction -- power outages, downed branches, uprooted trees, broken windows and damaged roofs. Four eighth-grade friends -- Evan, Jason, Mitchell, and CJ -- meet to explore the devastation. The tight-knit group is dismayed to find that Evan has brought along a stray -- Ricky, who is new to their town and school, and doesn’t have any friends yet.
Ricky is the one to find the strange trap door that’s appeared in the middle of the woods -- the door to an old bomb shelter, unearthed by the hurricane. Inside, the boys find a completely intact underground lair, complete with electricity, food, and entertainment (in the form of videocassettes). The boys vow to keep the place’s existence to themselves.
Things soon get tense. Some bad locals keep snooping around. And what started out as a fun place to escape soon becomes a serious refuge for one of the kids who is trying to avoid an abusive home situation. In order to save the shelter, the friends must keep its secret... and in order to save themselves, they’re going to have to share their individual secrets, and build the safest place they can.
After Davis got done with his virtual author visit he wanted me to preorder Gordon Korman's newest book The Fort. It came to our house this summer and we were so excited to get started on it. If you are looking for a great author for your kids to get hooked on Korman is a solid choice. Davis and I still read books together (it is the only time I get to be one on one with him). Gordon Korman likes to write from his characters' perspectives. Our bookmark usually has each character and notes about them. That way when we start the next chapter we can remember who the character is; this is especially helpful at the beginning of the book.
If you are interested in more Gordon Korman books here is his website: https://gordonkorman.com/
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