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1) Ungifted
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
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
Publisher
Hyperion Books For Children
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 277 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland when he receives an urgent video e-mail from Russia. In it is a plea from a man who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya -- a man Artemis had thought he would never see again: his beloved father. As Artemis rushes to his rescue, he is stopped by a familiar nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. But this time, instead of battling the fairies, he is going to have to join forces with them...
5) Glyph
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
2014, c1999.
Edition
first Graywolf Press paperback
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
It was a dark and stormy night. Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger. "Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."...
7) Matilda
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It will take superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves, and Matilda may be just the one to do it!"--Jacket.
Matilda,...
Author
Series
Secret coders volume 2
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
94 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"There's something lurking beneath the surface of Stately Academy--literally. In a secret underground classroom Hopper, Eni, and Josh discover that the campus was once home to the Bee School, an institute where teachers, students, and robots worked together to unravel the mysteries of coding. Hopper and her friends are eager to follow in this tradition and become top-rate coders. But why are Principal Dean and the rugby team suddenly so interested...
Author
Series
Secret coders volume 1
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
91 pages : color illustrations (some color); 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Stately Academy, a school which is just crawling with mysteries to be solved! The founder of the school left many clues and puzzles to challenge his enterprising students. Using their wits and their growing prowess with coding, Hopper and her friend Eni are going to solve the mystery of Stately Academy no matter what it takes!" --
Author
Series
Mysterious Benedict Society volume 4
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After starring in three adventures, the inimitable quartet of Reynie, Sticky, Kate, and Constance haven't had a mission together in some time. But with the arrival of a new Society member--and a new threat--they must reunite to face dilemmas more dangerous than ever before, including the return of the villainous Mr. Curtain and his Ten Men and a formidable enemy with a mystifying ability to track their every move." -- publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Fabienne is dead. Her childhood best friend, Agnès, receives the news in America, far from the French countryside where the two girls were raised--the place that Fabienne helped Agnès escape ten years ago. Now, Agnès is free to tell her story. As children in a war-ravaged, backwater town, they'd built a private world, invisible to everyone but themselves--until Fabienne hatched the plan that would change everything, launching Agnès on an epic...
12) Supergifted
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After years of attending a school for gifted children, Noah finds himself at a normal school where he immediately ends up on the wrong side of a cheerleading captain and a jock.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
291 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Evelyn Bucknow is happy living with her single mother, Tina, in a small apartment outside Kerrville, Kansas, until Tina's failed romance with her married boss leaves her jobless and desperate, forcing Evelyn to distance herself and turn to her conventional grandmother for help.
Author
Series
Secret coders volume 4
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
92 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Dr. One-Zero has added a new class to Stately Academy's curriculum. But in "Advanced Chemistry," they only teach one lesson: how to make Green Pop! While their classmates are manufacturing this dangerous soda, the Coders uncover a clue that may lead them to Hopper's missing dad. Is it time to use Professor Bee's most powerful weapon: the Turtle of Light?
Author
Series
Jake the fake volume 1
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having faked his way into the Music and Art Academy, a performing arts school for gifted students where his talented older sister rules, sixth-grader Jake, a jokester who can barely play an instrument, will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him.
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
363 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Flavia de Luce, returns in a twisty new mystery novel from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Alan Bradley. In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a boating trip for Flavia and her two older sisters. As their punt drifts past the church where a notorious vicar had recently dispatched three of...
18) Ender in exile
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
380 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the close of Ender's Game, Andrew Wiggin, called Ender by everyone, is told that he can no longer live on Earth, and he realizes that this is the truth. He has become far more than just a boy who won a game: he is the Savior of Earth, a hero, a military genius whose allegiance is sought by every nation of the newly shattered Earth Hegemony. He is offered the choice of living in isolation on Eros, at one of the Hegemony's training facilities, but...
Author
Series
Secret coders volume 6
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
98 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The Coders always knew their programming skills would take them far, but they never guessed they would take them to another dimension! Or to be accurate, one dimension less--to save humanity, Hopper, Eni, and Josh must travel to Flatland, a dangerous two-dimensional world ruled by polygons. If they can return home safely with a turtle of light, they might just stand a chance in their final showdown with Dr. One-Zero!
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
466 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"By turns suspenseful and enchanting, this breathtaking first novel weaves a story of love, family, history, and myth as seen through the eyes of one immortal woman. Collette LeSange is a lonely artist who heads an elite fine arts school for children in upstate New York. Her youthful beauty masks the dark truth of her life: she has endured centuries of turmoil and heartache in the wake of her grandfather's long-ago decision to make her immortal like...
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