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1) 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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Mysterious Benedict Society volume 1
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After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.
3) Supergifted
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Ungifted volume 2
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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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Jake the fake volume 1
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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.
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My weird school volume 16
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It's Poetry Month and Ms. Coco, who runs the gifted and talented program, is poetry crazy! She cries when she sees a sunset! She thinks boys should have feelings! She talks in rhyme ! All the time! Will A. J.'s life ever be normal again?
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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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Michael Vey volume 4
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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.
12) Ender's game
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Child-hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.
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Farah rocks volume 1
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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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Michael Vey volume 5
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Michael, Taylor, Ostin, and the rest of the Electroclan go on their most dangerous mission yet as the thrilling action continues in this electrifying fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling series! The resistance movement has been compromised. The Voice is in hiding. Their families are missing. Can the Electroclan pull together to defeat the Elgen once and for all?
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Michael Vey volume 6
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Michael and his friends try to recruit Hatch?s Electric Youth to their side as the thrilling action continues in this electrifying sixth installment of the New York Times bestselling series.
17) Matilda
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"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!
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Michael Vey volume 7
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The Electroclan is facing a devastating loss: Michael is missing. He made the ultimate sacrifice to save his friends and now he?s gone. What is next for them and the resistance? The battle on the island of Hades ended with a devastating explosion that left the island a smoking ruin and much of Hatch?s Elgen army dead. However, Hatch survived and while his plans have certainly suffered a setback, he?s more determined than ever to bring the world?s...
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Mysterious Benedict Society volume 2
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Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance, all graduates of the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened and members of the Mysterious Benedict Society, embark on a scavenger hunt that turns into a desperate search for the missing Mr. Benedict.
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Adventures of Captain Underpants volume 7
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George, Harold, Captain Underpants, and Sulu the bionic hamster battle the three ridiculous Robo-Boogers in an attempt to turn the Bionic Booger Boy back into Melvin Sneedly.