Macdonald Hall: This Can't Be Happening!: This Can't Be Happening!

The book that started it all, written when Gordon Korman was only 12! Best friends Bruno Walton and Melvin "Boots" O''Neal love sharing a dorm room at Macdonald Hall. But their practical jokes get out of hand, and Headmaster Sturgeon -- they call him The Fish-- separates the buddies. How will Bruno and Boots get back together?

"I love riots." -- Bruno Walton

Macdonald Hall is a grand old boarding school. Its ivy-covered buildings have housed and educated many fine young Canadians.

But this year there are two students who want to shake things up a little: Bruno Walton and Boots O'Neal. They're roommates and best friends, and they know how to have fun. To Headmaster Sturgeon -- a.k.a. The Fish -- they're nothing but trouble.

Soon they have to face their worst nightmares. Boots is moved in with George Wexford-Smyth III, a rich hypochondriac, and Bruno has to bunk with science geek Elmer Drimsdale.

But they won't let that spoil their school year, oh no. Whatever it takes -- even skunk stunts and an ant stampede -- they'll be together again by the end of the semester.

And this is only the beginning.

The first fearlessly funny book in the Macdonal Hall series. Ages 9-12.

Gordon Korman has written more than fifty books for children and young adults, including four ALA Best Books for Young Adults: Son of the Mob, A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag, Son of Interflux and Losing Joe''s Place. When he was 12, he wrote his first book, This Can''t Be Happening!, about the adventures of two friends, Bruno and Boots, who went to a boarding school called Macdonald Hall. He has written six other books about Macdonald Hall, which have recently been reissued. Gordon has also written The New York Times bestseller, 39 Clues: One False Note and plans to write more for the series. He also wrote Swindle, a Silver Birch nominee, and its sequel, Zoobreak. Other popular Korman books include: The Juvie Three, Pop, The 6th Grade Nickname Game, Jake Reinvented, Maxx Comedy, The Everest Trilogy, The Island Trilogy and The Dive Trilogy. A native of Thornhill, Ontario, and a graduate of New York University''s School of Dramatic Writing, Korman lives in New York with his family and writes full-time.