Books

19 results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Too Smart Jones and the Pool Party Thief (Too Smart Jones #3) Too Smart Jones and the Pool Party Thief (Too Smart Jones #3) Gilbert Morris Juliet "Too Smart" Jones moves to a new town and lands right in the middle of a mystery when someone steals a camera. Juliet hates her nickname, so she decides she won't be smart anymore. Also see wh… OL14854822W
The Cruisers The Cruisers Walter Dean Myers 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 broth… OL16175909W
Checkmate Checkmate Walter Dean Myers 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 t… OL16296329W
Ungifted Ungifted Gordon Korman The word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis. It's usually more like Don't try this at home. So when the troublemaker pulls a major prank at his middle school, he thinks he's f… OL16591798W
Food fight! Food fight! Stephen McCranie When Chad begins having scary dreams, Mal builds a dream portal to defeat Chad's nightmare beast once and for all. Something goes wrong, though, and the beast follows Mal back to reality. Now Megan a… OL17307730W
Welcome to the Ark Welcome to the Ark Stephanie S. Tolan When four child prodigies transfer from a center for research and rehabilitation to an experimental group home, they face another way of connecting with their world. OL17740611W
Secret Coders Secret Coders Gene Luen Yang The mind-bending new series from Gene Luen Yang! Welcome to Stately Academy. Hopper hates her new school. The kids are mean, the principal is scary, and there's something creepy about the building it… OL17767897W
Here's to you, Rachel Robinson Here's to you, Rachel Robinson Judy Blume Expelled from boarding school, Charles' presence at home proves disruptive, especially for sister Rachel, a gifted seventh grader juggling friendships and school activities. OL1838386W
Pennybaker School is headed for disaster Pennybaker School is headed for disaster Jennifer Brown Thomas Fallgrout is a new student at Pennybaker Academy for the Uniquely Gifted where he his blamed for a missing statue so he teams up with his oddball friend Chip Mason to find it. OL19748777W
The girl who could fly The girl who could fly Victoria Forester When homeschooled farm girl Piper McCloud reveals her ability to fly, she is quickly taken to a secret government facility to be trained with other exceptional children, but she soon realizes that so… OL19957728W
Knee holes Knee holes Jerome Brooks Infatuated with the teacher who placed her in an honors program, fifteen-year-old Hope becomes spokesman for the gifted students when trouble appears to be simmering between that teacher and another … OL4100459W
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma (The mysterious Benedict Society #3) The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma (The mysterious Benedict Society #3) Trenton Lee Stewart Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance embark on a daring new adventure that threatens to force them apart from their families, friends, and even each other. Whe… OL5848454W
The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society #1) The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society #1) Trenton Lee Stewart "Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?" Dozens of children respond to this peculiar ad in the newspaper and are then put through a series of mind-bending tests, which readers t… OL5848457W
213 valentines 213 valentines Barbara Cohen Wade has trouble adjusting when he is transferred to a special fourth grade class for the gifted and talented, so he plans to send himself 213 valentines signed by celebrities. OL645993W
Catching Genius Catching Genius Kristy Kiernan As children, Connie and Estella were best friends-until Estella was discovered to be a math prodigy, which led to the sisters' estrangement. Now, years later, they are forced to reunite on the Gulf C… OL8110396W
Maizon at Blue Hill Maizon at Blue Hill Jacqueline Woodson 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." OL85377W
Solving Zoe Solving Zoe Barbara Dee Zoe's sixth-grade year at a Brooklyn school for gifted students is marked by changing relationships with her fellow students and teachers, recognition of her talent for cryptography, and a greater aw… OL8755669W
The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud #1) The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud #1) Victoria Forester *You can't keep a good girl down...unless you use the proper methods.* Piper McCloud can fly. Just like that. Easy as pie. Sure, she hasn't mastered reverse propulsion and her loops are kind of slo… OL9392587W
Welcome to the Ark Welcome to the Ark Stephanie S. Tolan When four child prodigies transfer from a center for research and rehabilitation to an experimental group home, they face another way of connecting with their world. OL98342W