![]() His instinctive dive into a runaway truck avertsáa disaster but then precipitates a series of mishaps when his nerdy friend Noah, a downwardly mobile transfer from a magnet school, decides to take the credit for Donovan’s heroic act in order to protect him from the wrath of his ex-Marine brother-in-law. Donovan is the same goofy, impulse-driven kid that got put into the TaG class instead of suspension by a superintendent’s slip of the pen. ![]() Gr 4-7-Laughs abound in Korman’s satisfying sequel to Ungifted. School Library Journal (December 1, 2017) Managing a large cast of characters with ease, Korman creates a comedy of compounded errors leading to a public disaster and, strangely enough, a happy ending. The amusing first-person narration rotates among several kids, from Noah and Donovan to a head cheerleader and an überjock, who all offer refreshingly different perspectives. Suddenly Noah rockets from superdweeb to Superkid. Clueless, optimistic, and determined to fit in, he fails miserably until his friend Donovan performs a heroic act and insists that Noah take the credit. This sequel to Ungifted (2012) turns the original premise on its head when Noah, an off-the-charts genius, enrolls in an ordinary middle school. This funny and heartwarming sequel to Ungifted, which has become a word-of-mouth hit, cleverly sends up our ideas about intelligence, heroism, and popularity. And it may have gone more than a little bit to his head. So Noah steps in and becomes “Superkid.” Now he’s gone from nerd to titan at school. That should be the end of it, but when a freak incident suddenly makes Donovan a hero, he can’t tell anyone about it since Hashtag is involved. ![]() He’s told to stay away from the sports star-or else. Sticking up for Noah lands Donovan in the middle of a huge feud with Hashtag. And he’s landed in the perfect place to do it-Donovan’s school.Īlmost immediately, Noah finds himself on the wrong side of cheerleading captain Megan Mercury and alpha jock Hash “Hashtag” Taggart. After years at the Academy for Scholastic Distinction, all Noah dreams of is the opportunity to fail if he wants to. The highly anticipated sequel to Ungifted from #1 New York Timesbestselling author Gordon Korman.ĭonovan 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. ![]()
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