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Series
Out of my mind volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
Author
Series
Mysterious Benedict Society volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict, an orphan afflicted with an unfortunate nose and with narcolepsy, is sent to a new orphanage where he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances, and a mystery that could change his life forever.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Sophie Simon, a third-grade genius, wants a graphing calculator so she can continue to study calculus while she rides the bus to school, but her parents are more concerned that she does not have any friends.
Author
Series
Jack and the geniuses volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When Jack and his genius foster siblings, Ava and Matt, discover inventor Hank Witherspoon is missing, they travel deep into the Amazon jungle, overcoming strange creatures, a raging river, and some very clever foes to find their friend and protect his big idea.
Author
Series
Charlie Thorne volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
The CIA forces twelve-year-old Charlotte "Charlie" Thorne, a rebellious genius, to use her code-breaking skills on an epic global chase to locate Einstein's last equation before dangerous agents discover it and unlock the solution to harnessing energy.
Author
Series
Waylon volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Waylon, a boy with the mind of a scientific genius and the vulnerable heart of an eight year old, is trying to understand his older sister and deal with changes among the kids at school.
Author
Series
Friday Barnes mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A genius girl detective discovers her ultra exclusive boarding school is a hotbed of crime, from missing homework and stolen lemon tarts to a mysterious yeti haunting the school swamp.
9) No rules
Author
Series
Friday Barnes mysteries volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After Friday Barnes is deported to Switzerland, Highcrest Academy descends into chaos as all their teachers are fired as an epic prank, but Friday tries to find the prankster, prove the innocence of her nemesis Ian Wainscott, and save the school.
Author
Series
Smartest kid in the universe volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When seventh-grader Jake McQuade mistakes the world's first ingestible knowledge pills for jelly beans, he suddenly knows all about physics and geometry and can speak Swahili (though Spanish would be a lot more useful)--but his sort-of girlfriend Grace thinks they can use his new found brilliance to save their middle school from the new principal, who is conspiring to get it shut down.
Author
Series
Max Einstein volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Finds Max on the run from Corporation thugs before the Change Maker kids begin working on a plan to end world hunger, a challenging goal that is complicated by mysterious clues about Max's unknown family.
Author
Series
Max Einstein volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Taking on her biggest challenge yet--preventing climate change from destroying the Earth--Max Einstein is pitted against a new evil group that would rather let the whole world crumble than allow her to save the planet.
Author
Series
Mal and Chad volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Chad the dog begins having scary dreams, fourth-grade genius Mal creates a dream portal to defeat Chad's beast, but the portal malfunctions and the monster follows Mal out into reality.
Author
Series
Max Einstein volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Max Einstein and a group of international geniuses use their creativity and curiosity to help solve some of the world's toughest problems with science.
Author
Series
Piper McCloud volume 2
Publisher
Square Fish, Feiwel and Friends
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the wake of a prophecy that says they have the power to bring about great change, genius Conrad Harrington III teams up with Piper McCloud, the girl who could fly, to try to save the world and themselves.
Author
Series
Friday Barnes mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The mystery continues in this middle-grade series about a genius girl detective who solves crimes at her exclusive boarding school -- Provided by publisher.
17) Genius Camp
Author
Series
Smartest kid in the universe volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Jake McQuade-the smartest kid in the universe-goes to a camp for geniuses, where he goes up against the Virtuoso quantum computer, the smartest machine in the universe"--
Author
Series
Mal and Chad volume 3
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After destroying the cake and presents at a birthday party, Mal hopes to impress Megan, his secret crush, with his performance at the school talent show.
19) Big trouble
Author
Series
Friday Barnes mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
At her exclusive boarding school, can super sleuth and girl genius Friday Barnes crack the case of her missing mother, reign in a royal brat, and unmask the elusive master thief called the Pimpernel?
Author
Series
Jack and the geniuses volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Traveling to Antarctica for a prestigious science competition, twelve-year-old Jack and his genius foster siblings, Ava and Matt, become caught up in a mystery involving a missing scientist.
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