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2) Insignia
Author
Series
Insignia trilogy ; 1
Language
English
Description
Tom, a fourteen-year-old genius at virtual reality games, is recruited by the United States Military to begin training at the Pentagon Spire as a Combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized drones that do the actual fighting off-planet.
4) Ship sooner
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Possessing the ability to hear everyone and everything that goes on in her sleepy north shore Massachusetts community, lonely thirteen-year-old Ship Sooner learns a host of unsettling secrets before her best friend, Brian, goes missing.
Author
Series
Remnants ; 1
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The year is 2095. Gifted teens known as Remnants have been chosen and trained to act as humanity's last hope to rectify the horrors that are now part of everyday life. But the Sons of Sheol are determined to stop them.
6) Vortex
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"While serving as a superhuman government weapon during World War III, teenager Tom Raine's loyalties are tested by corruption and nefarious enemies"--
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit Pub
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Examines issues that are of concern for young people who have been labeled "gifted," discussing what the label means, intelligence testing, educational options, and relationships with parents and friends. Includes first-person essays on being gifted.
Author
Series
Time quintet ; 3
Language
English
Description
"In this volume, fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace and the unicorn Gaudior undertake a perilous journey through time in a desperate attempt to stop the destruction of the world by the mad dictator Madog Branzillo. They are not alone in their quest. Charles Wallace's sister, Meg, grown and expecting her first child, but still able to enter her brother's thoughts and emotions by "kything", goes with him in spirit. Charles Wallace must face the ultimate...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
In 1939 Washington, a 13-year-old math genius is summoned to the Smithsonian Institution to help scientists build a weapon to win the coming war. The institution's wax effigies come alive and he meets historical figures. A comic fantasy.
10) Going solo
Author
Publisher
Fawcett Juniper
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
The adventures of three girls at the prestigious Wildwood summer program for musically talented teens.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in Robotham's latest page-turning, psychological thriller in this "gripping and eerie" (Karin Slaughter) series, reaffirming why Stephen King has proclaimed this author "an absolute master." If I could tell you one thing about my brother, it would be this. Two days after his nineteenth birthday, he killed our parents and twin sisters because he heard voices in his head. As defining events go, nothing else comes...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Gaia Moore is brilliant and beautiful. She's trained in three kinds of martial arts, has a reflux speed that's off the charts, and can break codes in four languages. She's also missing the fear gene. All Gaia wants is to be like everyone else. Instead, she's left wondering about her past, her missing family--and the unavailable boy she's falling for. But everything changes when she learns that someone is hunting her down for her special skills, and...
Author
Language
English
Description
"This updated classic is is essential reading for gifted teens, their parents, teachers, counselors, and anyone who cares about helping smart, talented, curious young people understand themselves, relate well with others, and reach their potential in a world that doesn't always support or understand high ability"--
"Meet the social, emotional, and educational needs of gifted students with the fifth edition of this classic bestseller. Support the...
15) Catalyst
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tom Raines and his friends return to the Spire for their third year as superhuman government weapons, but the rules have been changed and Tom's training is put to the test"--
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Morning Glory Academy. One of the most prestigious prep schools in the country ... But behind its hallowed doors something sinister and deadly lurks. When six brilliant but troubled new students arrive, they find themselves trapped and desperately seeking answers ... and escape from a place where nothing is what it seems to be! It's time to stop running! Allegiances are formed, rivals are challenged, and the Glories take a defiant stand against the...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The Truants are back in class, and that means new mysteries abound! And whatever happened to Abraham? The answer to that question and more as Season Two races on! Collects the suspense-filled arc 'Honors'." -- dc Publisher's web site.
20) Prodigy
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A thriller set in the future at an ultra-elite prep school that asks: what is the price of perfection?
In the year 2036, the world's best boarding school is the Stansbury School. The students, better known as specimens, are screened at a young age and then given twelve years of the finest education - and developmental drug regiment -available.
Stansbury graduates - physically and mentally - are in a class all by themselves. Four out of five go on...
