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Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
"Herman Hesse's spiritual biography, 'Beneath the Wheel,' is a touchstone in the Nobel Prize-winning author's lifelong examination of the conflict between self-affirmation and self-destruction. Based on his own experience, his second novel attacks an educational system that fosters intelledt and ambition at the expense of emotion, soul and instinct. 'Beneath the Wheel' tells with compassion and tenderness a sstory that is true for our own age, with...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"It all begins with the sound of lone footsteps clacking down the blacktop on a hot, lazy summer afternoon. The black-cloaked man arrives at the sleepy town of Paradise and manages to become the talk of the town within the hour. Bearing the power to grant any unfulfilled dream, he is irresistible." "Seems like bliss...but is it? Or is all hell about to break loose in Paradise?"--BOOK JACKET
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ann Hulbert examines the lives of children whose rare accomplishments have raised hopes about untapped human potential and questions about how best to nurture it. She probes the changing role of parents and teachers, as well as of psychologists and a curious press. Above all, she delves into the feelings of the prodigies themselves, who push back against adults more as the decades proceed. Among the children are the math genius Norbert Wiener, founder...
Author
Publisher
Prufrock Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Offers gifted children 101 strategies to help them succeed in school and deal with some of the challenges they might face, covering topics such as bullying, school performance, perfectionism, friendships, and sibling rivalries.
Author
Series
Mysterious Benedict Society volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by true events, A BRILLIANT YOUNG MIND tells the story of teenage math prodigy Nathan, who struggles when it comes to building relationships. In his confusing world, Nathan finds comfort in the predictability of numbers. But after earning a spot to compete in the prestigious International Math Olympiad, he faces new and unexpected challenges, ultimately triumphing in life and love.
10) Ungifted
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Raise self-confident, self-reliant children using the RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) Approach. Your baby knows more than you think. That's the heart of the principles and teachings of Magda Gerber, founder of RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers), and Educaring. BABY KNOWS BEST is based on Gerber's belief in babies' natural abilities to develop at their own pace, without coaxing from helicoptering or hovering parents. The Educaring Approach...
Author
Series
Millie Maven volume 1
Publisher
[Ted Dekker]
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Enter the world of Millie Maven, a twelve-year-old orphan who embarks on a great adventure that takes her to the distant, mysterious world of FIGS, the FarPointe Institute for Gifted Students. There, she discovers that there is more to her than she ever dared imagine or believe . . . and that there are some truths that change everything" --from the publisher.
Author
Series
Millie Maven volume Book 03
Publisher
[Ted Dekker]
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Enter the world of Millie Maven, a twelve-year-old orphan who embarks on a great adventure that takes her to the distant, mysterious world of FIGS, the FarPointe Institute for Gifted Students. There, she discovers that there is more to her than she ever dared imagine or believe . . . and that there are some truths that change everything" --from the publisher.
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, [Exceptional Student Services Unit]
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Gifted-education aims to blend the influence of a nurturing, challenging learning environment with the potential and motivation of the gifted student so that maximum academic and personal growth is realized.
19) Super gifted
Author
Series
Ungifted volume Book 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Donovan Curtis has never been what anyone would call "gifted." But his genius friend Noah Youkils is actually supergifted, with one of the highest IQs around. After years at the Aca demy 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.
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