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Author
Series
Farah rocks volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Series
Adventures of Captain Underpants volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
A snotty situation ensues when Melvin Sneedley, an academically-gifted student, turns into the Bionic Booger Boy and must be stopped by George, Harold, and Captain Underpants.
Author
Series
Elements of genius volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Series
Elements of genius volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Someone who goes by the name of "V" is planning to unleash a lethal virus that could destroy the human race, and it is up to Nikki Tesla and her friends from the Genius Academy (which has been blamed for an international incident and shut down), to uncover the villain (who is closer to them than they realize) and find a way to stop the biological attack--an effort that will cost Nikki her life.
Author
Series
Up-and-under volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Avery is an exceptional child. Everything he does is precise, from the way he washes his face in the morning, to the way he completes his homework - without complaint, without fuss, without prompt. Zib is also an exceptional child, because all children are, in their own way. But where everything Avery does and is can be measured, nothing Zib does can possibly be predicted, except for the fact that she can always be relied upon to be unpredictable....
26) Secret coders
Author
Series
Secret coders volume 6
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2015-
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
volumes : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
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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!"--
27) Gifted
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
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.
28) Safe
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A second-rate cage fighter is tormented by the Russian Mafia and wanders the streets of New York. He witnesses a young Chinese girl being pursued by the same mafia who want her for a priceless numerical code that they would kill for.
Series
Criterion collection volume 157
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen version (2.35:1)
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal, had left them long ago, but now returns to make things right with his family.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2000, c1993
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This heart-warming film is based on the true story of a young boy who is a chess prodigy and his father, who attempts to walk the fine line between encouraging his son's talent, and preserving the love they have for each other.
31) Little man Tate
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A seven year old genius is caught in a tug of war between his waitress mom who only wants a regular life for him, and the head of an institute for gifted children who wants to further his development.
Author
Series
Baby Brains volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A musically gifted baby is invited to play the electric guitar at a star-studded rock concert.
33) Matilda
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First Kensington trade paperback [edition].
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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
Series
Michael Vey volume 4
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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.
Publisher
Distributed by Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (71 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jackie Draper is a shy boy who learns the value of courage from his beloved companion, Puff. Then, Puff helps a yound girl deal with her parents' divorce. Lastly, Puff teaches a gifted boy to believe in his own creative abilities.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2018].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the widely praised Raising America, an eye-opening exploration of child genius and the parental and societal aspirations that accompany it. Off the Charts casts Americas current obsession with early high achievement in a new light, uncovering its history and offering insights into our ever less playful, increasingly purposeful ethos of childhood. Ann Hulbert examines in depth the lives of sixteen children whose extraordinary accomplishments...
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 5
Publisher
Mercury Ink, Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First SImon Pulse/Mercury Ink hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
xiii, 271 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
While on their most dangerous mission so far, Michael, Taylor, Ostin, and the rest of the Electroclan discover the resistance has been compromised and their families are missing.
39) Glyph: a novel
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
208 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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