Gordon Korman
1) Ungifted
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman comes a hilarious and heartfelt novel in which one middle-school troublemaker accidentally moves into the gifted and talented program—and changes everything.
For fans of Louis Sachar and Jack Gantos, this funny and touching underdog story is a lovable and goofy adventure with robot fights, middle-school dances, live experiments, and statue-toppling pranks!
When
...2) Supergifted
Author
Series
Ungifted volume 2
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 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. Almost immediately, Noah finds himself on the wrong side of cheerleading captain Megan Mercury and alpha jock...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
A million dollars, or a clue? Police report a break-in at an elite hotel, and the suspects sound suspiciously like Amy and Dan. There's a car and speedboat chase and an angry mob! When there's a clue on the line, anything can happen.
Author
Series
The 39 clues volume 8
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
An escalating race to find the 39 Clues finds Amy and Dan pursuing a Clue guarded by thousands of the world's best-trained soldiers, an effort that separates them in explosively dangerous ways.
5) Swindle
Author
Series
Swindle mystery volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2000, c1998
Edition
1st Hyperion pbk. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
154 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old best friends Jeff and Wiley, who like to give nicknames to their classmates, try to find the right one for the new girl Cassandra, while adjusting to the football coach who has become their new teacher.
7) Slugfest
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Forced to take Physical Education Equivalency, aka "Slugfest," in summer school so he can maintain his star spot on the JV football team, Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him and pass this course, an endeavor that turns into a summer he'll never forget"--
9) Unplugged
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the son of the world's most famous tech billionaire, spoiled Jett Baranov has always gotten what he wanted. So when his father's private jet drops him in the middle of a place called the Oasis, Jett can't believe it. He's forced to hand over his cell phone, eat grainy veggie patties, and participate in wholesome activities with the other kids whom he has absolutely no interest in hanging out with.
As the weeks go on, Jett starts to get used to...
10) Framed
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Griffin Bing is in big trouble when a Super Bowl ring disappears from his middle school's display case, replaced by Griffin's retainer, and the more he and his friends investigate, the worse his situation becomes.
11) Zoobreak
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After a class trip to a floating zoo where animals are mistreated and Savannah's missing pet monkey is found in a cage, Long Island sixth-grader Griffin Bing and his band of misfits plan a rescue.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Mason and Ty were once the very best of friends, like two nerdy sides of the same coin--until seventh grade, when Ava Petrakis came along. Now Mason can trace everything bad in his life to that terrible fight they had over the new girl. The one thing he'd give anything for is a do-over ... As a science kid, Mason knows do-overs are impossible, so he can't believe it when he wakes up from a freak accident and finds himself magically transported back...
14) The Medusa plot
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Cahills vs. Vespers volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, thought the search for the thirty-nine clues leading to the source of their family's power was over, but when Cahills are kidnapped by the Vespers, Amy and Dan find themselves with only a few days to fulfill a bizarre ransom request before their friends start dying.
15) The search
Author
Series
Kidnapped volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
138 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Despite the efforts of her brother, the FBI, and her parents, Meg Falconer is still missing and even Meg's kidnappers cannot find her since she always seems to give them the slip.
16) The abduction
Author
Series
Kidnapped volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
137 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Aiden's sister, Meg, is kidnapped, he teams up with the FBI to try to find her by tracking down clues only a brother could recognize.
17) Unsinkable
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
170 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Titanic is meant to be unsinkable, but as it begins its maiden voyage, there's plenty of danger waiting for four of its young passengers. Paddy is a stowaway, escaping a deadly past. Sophie's mother is delivered to the ship by police - after she and Sophie have been arrested. Juliana's father is an eccentric whose riches can barely hide his madness. And Alfie is hiding a secret that could get him kicked off the ship immediately. The lives of...
18) Ungifted
Author
Series
Ungifted volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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.
19) Restart
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids--trouble is, he really is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life?
20) The fort
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When a tight-knit group of middle school friends discover a trap door in the woods that leads to a completely intact bomb shelter, they vow to keep the place a secret while sharing their individual secrets to build the safest space possible.