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Author
Series
Secret coders volume 5
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dr. One-Zero won't stop until the whole town--no, the whole world--embraces the "true happiness" found in his poisonous potion, Green Pop. And now that he has the Turtle of Light, he's virtually unstoppable. There's one weapon that can defeat him: another Turtle of Light. Unfortunately, they can only be found in another dimension! To open a portal to this new world, Hopper, Eni, and Josh's coding skills will be put to the test.
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing
Language
English
Description
"Fully revised and updated for a new generation of educators, this is the definitive guide to meeting the learning needs of gifted students in the mixed-abilities classroom--seamlessly and effectively with minimal preparation time. For years, teachers have turned to this book daily to ensure their gifted students are getting the opportunities they need and deserve. Included are proven, practical, classroom-tested strategies and step-by-step instructions...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"When demons begin appearing on Earth unpredictably, foreshadowing a cataclysmic breakdown of their magic, Artemis and his friends face a new foe--a twelve-year-old girl whose intellect just might match Artemis's own--as they try to prevent catastrophe"--
24) Gifted
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Frank Adler is a single man raising a child prodigy, his spirited young niece Mary, in a coastal town in Florida. Frank's plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old's mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank's formidable mother Evelyn, whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary.
25) Loveboat, Taipei
Author
Series
Loveboat volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
When Ever Wong's parents sent her away for the summer, she's expecting Chien Tan: a strict, educational immersion program in Taiwan. Instead, she finds the infamous "Loveboat." There, Ever is surrounded by prodigies, like Rick Woo, Chinese American wonder boy and longtime bane of her existence; Ever's roommate, the confident and clever Sophia Ha, as glamorous as she is sharp; and the intimidatingly cool Xavier Yeh, heir to an international tech empire....
27) Blackbird fly
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Bullied at school, eighth-grader Apple, a Filipino American who loves the music of the Beatles, decides to change her life by learning how to play the guitar.
28) Matilda
Language
English
Description
Matilda is a super-smart little girl who's woefully misunderstood by her parents, her brother, and an evil school principal. But with the help of a brave best friend and a wonderful teacher, Matilda discovers she doesn't have to get mad to get even.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Minerva Promise claimed that her three "test tube" daughters--gifted pianist Joanie, artistic Meg, and storyteller Avery--were engineered and molded to be geniuses. Now twenty years later, the sisters reluctantly agree to take part in a documentary that will reveal secrets and spur them to forge their own extraordinary lives at last"--
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Meet the social, emotional, and educational needs of gifted students with the fifth edition of this classic bestseller.
Support the social, emotional, and educational needs of gifted students with the fifth edition of The Gifted Teen Survival Guide, a one-of-a-kind book full of sage advice to help teens understand themselves, relate well with others, and reach their potential in life.
The fifth edition continues to be the ultimate teen guide...
31) Ender's game
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the...
Author
Series
Secret coders volume 2
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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...
33) Ender's shadow
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
Parallel story to Ender's game. An orphan named Bean is found on the streets of Amsterdam and taken to Battle School, where he becomes both friend and rival to Ender Wiggin.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
A remarkable debut that has been called a hybrid of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and Myla Goldberg's Bee Season, The Center of Everything is the fictional story of 10-year-old math prodigy Evelyn Bucknow. Living in Kansas with her single mother and deeply religious grandmother, Evelyn believes she is destined to marry Travis, the boy next door. But as she grows up, she experiences the heartbreak of a love not meant to be.
35) Sage's eyes
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Sage is a lonely child. Her adoptive parents watch her obsessively, as if studying her for warning signs of something. And maybe they're right to--even she can't make sense of the strange things she sees and hears. She possesses knowledge that other teenagers don't, that her parents and teachers--no adult--could possibly have. So when Sage finally makes a friend who understands her alarming gift, he becomes her confidant, a precarious...
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Gifted kids are so much more than test scores and grades. Still, it's sometimes difficult to see past the potential to the child who may be anxious, lonely, confused, or unsure of what the future might bring. This book, now fully revised with updated information and new survey quotes, offers practical suggestions for addressing the social and emotional needs of gifted students. The authors present ways to advocate for gifted education; help gifted...
39) Golden ticket
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old girl Ash McNulty struggles to keep up keep up with her fellow "Gifted and Talented" classmates, but when her plan to win the Quiz Bowl to show she is still on top backfires, she learns that there are many ways to be special.
Author
Series
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In a series of journal entries, eleven-year-old child prodigy Millicent Min records her struggles to learn to play volleyball, tutor her enemy, deal with her grandmother's departure, and make friends over the course of a tumultuous summer.