Supergifted
By: Gordon Korman
The highly anticipated sequel to Ungifted from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman.
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 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.
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.
By: Gordon Korman
The highly anticipated sequel to Ungifted from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman.
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 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.
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.
1. Who was your favorite character, Donovan or Noah? Draw a picture of what you think that character looks like, or find a picture on the internet. Glue that picture in the middle of a piece of paper. Then, draw lines from the image to the edges of the paper, like rays of sunshine, and fill in each section with information about the person. You need to have at least 6 different rays going out from the middle to tell me about your character.
2. From all the movies you’ve seen in the last couple of years, pick five you would recommend that one of the characters in Supergifted see. Give a brief summary of each movie and explain why you think the character should see it.
3. Think about all the kinds of mementos you would put in a scrap book if you had one. Then create a scrap book for Supergifted or one of the characters in the story, cutting out pictures from magazines or drawing the mementos he or she would have in a scrap book. You need at least 10 different mementos in your scrap book.
2. From all the movies you’ve seen in the last couple of years, pick five you would recommend that one of the characters in Supergifted see. Give a brief summary of each movie and explain why you think the character should see it.
3. Think about all the kinds of mementos you would put in a scrap book if you had one. Then create a scrap book for Supergifted or one of the characters in the story, cutting out pictures from magazines or drawing the mementos he or she would have in a scrap book. You need at least 10 different mementos in your scrap book.