Cruisers : a star is born by Myers, Walter Dean 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2012)

BTSB #: P01884 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-11   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Middle schools - Fiction Gifted children - Fiction

Summary: 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.

Hiding out at the Pancake Palace by Marino, Nan 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2013)

BTSB #: 603445 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4 MG RC: 3.3 3-5 Lexile: 580 F&P: T

Genres:

Subjects: Singers - Fiction Musicians - Fiction Fame - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Gifted children - Fiction Stage fright - Fiction Pine Barrens (N.J.) - Fiction

Summary: 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.

Jake the fake keeps it real [Jake the fake Volume: 1]by Robinson, Craig 

BTSB Prebound(Crown Books for Young Readers, 2017)

BTSB #: 760245 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 870 F&P: W

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: School stories Performing arts - Fiction Musicians - Fiction Gifted children - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: Book 1: 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.

Kristen by Harrison, Lisi 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2011)

BTSB #: P01561 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-13   


Genres:

Subjects: Summer - Fiction Gifted children - Fiction Westchester County (N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: 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.

Ms. Coco is loco! [My weird school Volume: #16]by Gutman, Dan 

BTSB Prebound(HarperTrophy, 2007)

BTSB #: 408628 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-10   
AR: 3.9 LG RC: 3.4 3-5 Lexile: 620 F&P: O

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Poetry - Fiction Gifted children - Fiction School stories Humorous fiction

Summary: Thanks to the encouragement of Ms. Coco, the gifted and talented teacher, A.J. becomes a popular school poet during National Poetry Month.

Nikki Tesla and the fellowship of the bling [Elements Of Genius Volume: Book 2]by Keating, Jess 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 510549 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.9 MG Lexile: 660

Genres: Adventure Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Genius - Fiction Gifted children - Fiction School stories Inventions - Fiction Theft - Fiction Father-daughter relationship - Fiction Kidnapping - Fiction Adventure fiction

Summary: When Mary Shelley is kidnapped by a mad scientist, Nikki Tesla and the other members of the Genius Academy team are forced to agree to steal a priceless, lethal high-tech ring in order to free her; but Nikki also plans to use the heist to get closer to her long-lost father who claims he is not the criminal mastermind she believes him to be.

Nikki Tesla and the ferret-proof death ray [Elements Of Genius Volume: Book 1]by Keating, Jess 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 510547 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 3.7 3-5 Lexile: 640 F&P: V

Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Mystery fiction Genius - Fiction Gifted children - Fiction School stories Inventions - Fiction Weapons - Fiction Father-daughter relationship - Fiction Secrets - Fiction

Summary: Nikki Tesla is a genius, so mostly she finds school boring, and amuses herself by inventing things, like her mysterious missing father; trouble is most of her inventions have serious, lethal potential (like the death ray, which just blew a hole in her floor); so she and her ferret are hustled off to the special Genius Academy with classmates who are equally exceptional, although she still worries about fitting in--but when her death ray disappears she has something bigger to worry about: who took it and what are they planning to do?

Pennybaker School is headed for disaster [Pennybaker School Volume: 1]by Brown, Jennifer 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury, 2017)

BTSB #: 158180 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.7 MG

Genres: Humorous Fiction Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Gifted children - Fiction Private schools - Fiction School stories Friendship - Fiction Mystery fiction

Summary: [First book] Thomas Fallgrout is a new student at Pennybaker Academy for the Uniquely Gifted where he is blamed for a missing statue so he teams up with his oddball friend Chip Mason to find it.

Pennybaker School is revolting [Pennybaker School Volume: 2]by Brown, Jennifer 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2018)

BTSB #: 158171 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Humorous Fiction Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Gifted children - Fiction Private schools - Fiction School stories Friendship - Fiction Mystery fiction

Summary: [Second book] Strange things are happening at Pennybaker School for the Uniquely Gifted, and sixth-grader Thomas Fallgrout must stage a revolution to set them right.

Ungifted by Korman, Gordon 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2012)

BTSB #: 530079 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.2 MG RC: 4.5 3-5 Lexile: 730

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Human behavior - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Gifted children - Fiction Robots - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted & talented students, after pulling a major prank at his school.