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2) Ungifted
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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.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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Gus is a most promising, most energetic and most talented young dancer who figures out how to make enough money to upgrade his tip-a-tap thumbtack sneakers to a new pair of real tap shoes that could slap-a-dee-dap, slap-a-dee-dap on a real dance floor. He uses his public street dancing and thumbtack shoes to tap his way down the sidewalk and right up to the big red door of the dance studio.
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Jaden Toussaint the greatest volume episode 4
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69 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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"This time our hero must survive all alone with just his mother, father, and all his friends to keep him company while Sissy goes to sleepaway camp. Sissy being gone is bad enough, but now that she is, who will protect him from ... the swamp thing?"--Back cover.
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Fifth-grader Farah Hajjar and her best friend Allie Liu are hoping to go to the Magnet Academy for their middle school years, instead of Harbortown Elementary/Middle School; but when a new girl Dana Denver starts tormenting Farah and her younger brother, Samir, she decides she can not leave Samir to face the bully alone, especially since the adults and even Allie do not seem to be taking the matter seriously--so Farah comes up with a plan, one which...
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Time quintet volume 1
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Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government. Includes "An appreciation" by Anna Quindlen and an interview with the author.
10) Solving Zoe
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230 pages ; 22 cm
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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 awareness of her passion.
11) Supergifted
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Ungifted volume 2
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English
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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...
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Genius Files volume 4
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The wackiest road trip in history continues, dodging villains from Texas all the way to Roswell, New Mexico! After their explosive escape at Graceland, Coke and Pepsi are ready to resume their trip across America -- only now in a convertible instead of the RV. They travel through Arkansas and Oklahoma, visiting weird-but-true tourist stops along the way. They're also shoved into a spinning clothes dryer, locked in a vapor cabinet, almost flattened...
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259 pages ; 22 cm
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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.
"Donovan Curtis es un chico normal de 14 años que al parecer no puede evitar los problemas. Cuando en un momento toma una decisión que termina con la destrucción del gimnasio del colegio, su única esperanza es ser capaz de evitar la ira...
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Michael Vey volume 4
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319 pages ; 24 cm.
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Michael, Taylor, Ostin, and the rest of the Electroclan head to Taiwan in search of nine-year-old child prodigy Lin Julung, or Jade Dragon, who the Elgen kidnapped for Hatch's army of electric children.
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Time quintet volume 2
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237 pages ; 22 cm
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Luego que Charles Wallace le dice a su hermana Meg que ha visto dragones en el huerto de su casa, los hermanos Murry reciben la sorprendente visita de Blajeny, un sabio Profesor proveniente del espacio, y de Proginoskes, un "querubines" con cientos de ojos y alas que se torna invisible a voluntad. Tanto Meg como su amigo Calvin son llevados a una galaxia remota donde veran que el Universo se esta "agrietando", y recibiran la noticia de que la vida...
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Time quintet volume 1
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Meg Murry, nuestra protagonista, tiene problemas para adaptarse en la escuela, es difícil adivinar que sus padres son científicos. Papá desapareció tiempo atrás en extrañas circunstancias, pero mamá no ha perdido la esperanza de volver a verlo. Su hermano pequeño, Charles, es un niño prodigio; su mente posee una percepción excepcional que le permite ver más allá de las apariencias. Es esa habilidad la que les permitirá encontrarse con...
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Mysterious Benedict Society volume 5
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In this prequel to the Mysterious Benedict Society series, nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict, an orphan afflicted with an unfortunate nose and with narcolepsy, is sent to a new orphanage where he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances, and a mystery that could change his life forever.
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Secret Explorers volume 4
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127 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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In The Secret Explorers and the Archaeopteryx Egg, dinosaur expert Tamiko and geology expert Cheng travel back to the age of the dinosaurs in an effort to rescue a dinosaur egg from destruction. However, to save the egg, the Secret Explorers first have to use all their courage and skills to outsmart a fierce Allosaurus, rescue a baby Stegosaurus, and find a way to attract an Archaeopteryx. Tamiko and Cheng soon find that, to succeed, they need to...
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Improbable tales of Baskerville Hall volume 1
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310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"What if young Arthur Conan Doyle really went to a secret school for extraordinarily gifted children called Baskerville Hall? When a mysterious man with a pipe notices young Arthur's incredible deductive skills, Arthur's offered a spot at the esteemed Baskerville Hall and a chance to lift his family out of poverty. There Arthur makes quick friends with Irene Eagle, a girl who boldly strides into any adventure, and Jimmie Moriarty, a boy whose brilliance...
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