Supergifted
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 7, 2019
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- Who it’s for
- A playful school comedy turns intelligence, heroism, and popularity into wonderfully messy questions.
- Themes
- Intelligence and identity, Heroism, Popularity and status
- Pacing
- Fast
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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. 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.
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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 Hash “Hashtag” Taggart. Sticking up for Noah lands Donovan in the middle of a huge feud with Hashtag. He’s told to stay away from the sports star—or else. 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. So Noah steps in and becomes “Superkid.” Now he’s gone from nerd to titan at school. And it may have gone more than a little bit to his head.
Brains, Bravado, Belonging
A playful school comedy turns intelligence, heroism, and popularity into wonderfully messy questions.
Come here for
- Wry send-ups of what it means to be gifted or heroic
- Warm humor amid school feuds and shifting status
Expect
- A sustained story about friendship, peer pressure, and popularity
- Comedy with a heart beneath the schoolyard swagger
Where it sits
| Bullying | 44% |
|---|---|
| School Stories | 44% |
| Friendship | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Friendship
- Bullying
- Superheroes
- Authors
- Gordon Korman
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 7, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Intelligence and identity · Heroism · Popularity and status
- Reading lane
- Friendship