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1) Ungifted
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
Author
Series
My weird school volume 16
Language
English
Description
Thanks to the encouragement of Ms. Coco, the gifted and talented teacher, A.J. becomes a popular school poet during National Poetry Month.
4) Supergifted
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Donovan Curtis has never been what anyone would call "gifted." But his genius friend Noah Youkilis is actually supergifted, with one of the highest IQs around. After years at the Academy for Scholastic Distinction, all Noah dreams of is the opportunity to fail if he wants to. And he's landed in the perfect place to do it -- Donovan's school. Almost immediately, Noah finds himself on the wrong side of cheerleading captain Megan Mercury and alpha jock...
Author
Series
Improbable tales of Baskerville Hall volume 1
Language
English
Description
"While attending Baskerville Hall, a secret school for extraordinarily gifted children, Arthur Conan Doyle and his friends (and enemies) are invited into the Clover, an illustrious social club that requires them to pass three tests, an endeavor that leads them on a dangerous adventure" --
9) Matilda
Author
Language
English
Description
Matilda, treated as a scapegoat, decides to fight back with brilliant practical jokes.
Author
Series
Margaret and Maizon trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1992.
Physical Desc
131 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After winning a scholarship to an academically challenging boarding school, Maizon finds herself one of only five blacks there and wonders if she will ever fit in. Sequel to "Last Summer with Maizon."
12) Gifted
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
180 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Arrogant, mentally gifted George Clark has dreaded the eighth-grade class camping trip and its inevitable bullying, but a hurricane and a friend's loyalty make him realize what is important in life.
Author
Series
Secret explorers volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In The Secret Explorers and the Tomb Robbers, Gustavo (history expert) and Kiki (engineering expert) are sent the mission of stopping the Cairo Museum from closing down. They travel back in time to Ancient Egypt and are soon drawn into a tense, thrilling adventure that involves breaking into pyramids, learning ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, and stopping thieves hoping to rob all the treasure from the Pharaoh's tomb"--Amazon.com
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
122 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the only member of the Pretty Committee clique not going on an exotic summer vacation, middle-schooler Kristen might just find romance sticking around to tutor math and attend a secret summer school for gifted students.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When musical prodigy, Elvis Ruby, completely freezes up on television, he is forced to hide out in the Pinelands of New Jersey and try to find his way back to the music once again with the help of a new friend"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
133 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Four middle-schoolers who publish an alternative newspaper at their Harlem academy for gifted students investigate why a classmate--one of the best chess players in New York City--was caught trying to buy drugs.
Author
Series
Cruisers volume 3
Language
English
Description
Zander's play, Act Six, brings Da Vinci Academy into the spotlight, especially when LaShonda's costume designs win her an opportunity she can accept only if she is willing to leave her autistic brother and their group home behind.
Author
Publisher
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
151 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Michael's days as a happy underachiever are over when he accidentally eats a nanochip loaded with information and becomes his own worst nightmare: a know-it-all, held up as an example by his teachers, and hated by everyone in the student body. What has happened to the old Michael? Is the underachiever gone for good?
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a Czechoslovakian Jewish boy is sent to northern Scotland to live in a castle that houses gifted children who are learning to harness their magical powers to support the Allies' cause.
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