Summary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY LITDelisle, James R.
Summary: Understanding Your Gifted Child From the Inside Out provides an engaging and encouraging look at raising gifted children today. A follow-up to the best-selling "Parenting Gifted Kids: Tips for Raising Happy and Successful Children," this new edition focuses on the social and emotional aspects of giftedness, highlighting new information on the issues of perfectionism, self-advocacy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prufrock Press Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 DELHulbert, Ann
Summary: Presents an exploration of child genius through the stories of fifteen exceptionally gifted young people, from cybernetics founder Norbert Wiener and chess master Bobby Fischer to movie icon Shirley Temple and African-American musician Philippa Schuyler.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 371.9509 HULFonseca, Christine
Summary: "Teaching children how to manage their intense emotions is one of the most difficult aspects of parenting or educating gifted children. Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope With Explosive Feelings provides a much-needed resource for parents and educators for understanding of why gifted children are so extreme in their behavior and how to manage the highs and lows that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prufrock Press Inc. 2016
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Summary: "Michael and his friends learn that returning to a normal life is not only more difficult than they imagined, but that normal doesn't last. Like the mythical Hydra, cutting off the head of the global Elgen only created more enemies"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mercury Ink, Simon Pulse 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC EVAVanderah, Glendy
Summary: A mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again. After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. When a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin, barefoot and covered in bruises, Joanna enlists the help of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2019
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Summary: "Life at Grace Field House is good for Emma and her fellow orphans. While the daily studying and exams they have to take are tough, their loving caretaker provides them with delicious food and plenty of playtime. But perhaps not everything is as it seems ... As Norman and his group prepare their plan to eradicate all of the demons, Emma searches for her own path that achieves peace without...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2020
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 PROCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC PRODekker, Ted
Summary: "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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [Ted Dekker] 2020
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Series DekkerEvans, Richard Paul.
Summary: "Michael and his friends try to recruit Hatch's Electric Youth to their side ..."--Dust jacket.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse 2017
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1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series EvansShirai, Kaiu
Summary: "The children of the Grace Field House orphanage must escape a macabre fate before it's too late. Life at Grace Field House is good for Emma and her fellow orphans. While the daily studying and exams they have to take are tough, their loving caretaker provides them with delicious food and plenty of playtime. But perhaps not everything is as it seems... In order to wipe out the demons, Norman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC PROLeyden, Susan
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: D. Fulton Publishers in association with the National Association for Able Children in Education 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.95 LEYShirai, Kaiu
Summary: "While attempting to locate the Seven Walls, Emma and Ray find themselves trapped in a mysterious world. Can they escape this labyrinth and make the promise that will finally bring about peace? Meanwhile, Norman has his own plans..." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC PROShirai, Kaiu
Summary: "Life at Grace Field House has been good for Emma and her fellow orphans. While the daily studying and exams they had to take were tough, their loving caretaker provided them with delicious food and plenty of playtime. But when they discover the horrifying truth about why they are being kept at the orphanage, their lives change forever... Emma and Ray race to the queen's chamber to stop...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC PROYang, Gene Luen
Summary: Dr. One-Zero won't stop until the whole world embraces his poisonous potion, Green Pop. Hopper, Eni and Josh must open a new portal to stop him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 YANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC YANKeating, Jess
Summary: "When Mary Shelley is kidnapped by a mad scientist, Nikki Tesla and the other members of the Genius Academy team are forced to agree to steal a priceless, lethal high-tech ring in order to free her; but Nikki also plans to use the heist to get closer to her long-lost father who claims he is not the criminal mastermind she believes him to be." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KEADekker, Ted
Summary: "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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [Ted Dekker] 2020
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: JT Series DekkerGalbraith, Judy
Summary: Examines the problems of gifted and talented students and explains how they can make the best use of their educational opportunities, get along better with parents and friends, and better understand themselves
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Pub. 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 371.9 GALKorman, Gordon.
Summary: 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC KORShirai, Kaiu
Summary: "Life at Grace Field House had been good for Emma and her fellow orphans. While the daily studying and exams they had to take were tough, their loving caretaker provided them with delicious food and plenty of playtime. But when they discover the horrifying truth about why they are being kept at the orphanage, their lives change forever ... Back at Grace Field House, Emma faces Peter with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC PROSummary: The precocious young preteen Sheldon Cooper is ready for his newest challenge -- college -- as his twin sister enters middle school.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YoungSummary: Folllows young genius Sheldon Cooper through his childhood years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YoungDahl, Roald
Summary: Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD DAHCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC DAHGalbraith, Judy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.155 GALKorman, Gordon
Summary: 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. And he's landed in the perfect place to do it, Donovan's school.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2015