Ungifted - Gordon Korman

Ungifted

By Gordon Korman

  • Release Date: 2012-08-21
  • Genre: Fiction for Kids
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 481 Ratings

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 Donovan Curtis pulls a major prank at his middle school, he thinks he’s finally gone too far. But thanks to a mix-up by one of the administrators, instead of getting in trouble, Donovan is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students.

Although it wasn’t exactly what Donovan had intended, the ASD couldn’t be a more perfectly unexpected hideout for someone like him. But as the students and teachers of ASD grow to realize that Donovan may not be good at math or science (or just about anything), he shows that his gifts may be exactly what the ASD students never knew they needed.

Don't miss the sequel to this word-of-mouth hit: Supergifted! This funny and heartwarming sequel to Ungifted cleverly sends up our preconceived ideas about intelligence, heroism, and popularity.

Reviews

  • Amazing!!

    5
    By Jojocoolboy07
    The moment when he got the letter when he was in the gifted class. I laughed so hard.
  • Great book

    5
    By A gold experience
    Excellent enough said.
  • Good book

    5
    By Yeetmaster5346789
    I don’t like Realistic fiction but this book made me laugh a lot 😂
  • AWESOME

    5
    By Mom of Disappointed Child
    Best. Book. Ever. No exaggeration. End of story.
  • Amazing

    5
    By gfhjmyjt
    I loved it
  • LOL

    5
    By troubleinc JR
    I would recommend this to all grade’s 6th and above. Ungifted is as funny as James Paterson’s Middle school series.
  • Terrific

    5
    By Michaelmmmmmmmmmm
    This book is all around amazing and I can not wait to read the next book. Plz make a third book
  • Good but...

    5
    By Cheese and Sprinkles 9111
    this was a great book, but on here it is a little over priced for this genre
  • It was good

    4
    By Goof red
    This book is pretty good, but sometimes it was hard to know that the scene changed, other than that I loved it, it was a cute story and had some really action packed parts.
  • A Must Read

    5
    By DaQueen💁
    I read the original book of Ungifted, but I am in GATE (GIFTED and talented education) and this made me realize that no one is as "normal" as Donavon. It honestly opened my eyes to how minds don't need a reason, they just do it. Great book, really makes you check reality.