Ungifted

By: Gordon Korman

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross, Richard Poe, Erin Moon, Andy Paris, Mark Turetsky, Andrea Gallo, Celeste Ciulla, Suzy Jackson

Teens and pre-teens flock to any new offering from New York Times best-selling author Gordon Korman. Told through multiple viewpoints, Ungifted follows Donovan Curtis through his year at a magnet school for gifted and talented kids. Thanks to an administrative foul-up, the decidedly mediocre student Donovan finds himself enrolled in the Academy of Scholastic Distinction. Out of place and out of luck, Donovan joins the robotics team. And while he learns a few lessons from his gifted classmates, he also teaches a few of his own.

©2012 Gordon Korman (P)2012 Recorded Books

This book is great because it has everything a 12 year old boy would want

This book is perfect for 12 year olds and my son LOVES it he cannot stop reading it I HIGHLY recommend it

Third Korman book I've read . . .

. . . and I look forward to many more! "Ungifted" was, like the other two books, based on an interesting premise; and the author does not waste that premise. Impressive plot, clear and interesting characters, in keeping with the other two stories I've read from him ("Restart" and "Unplugged").

In "Ungifted," I liked the way the characters were learning new lessons and broadening themselves along the way, not just one huge Lesson or Charcter Changes delivered at the end of the book. For example, a girl likes a new boy at her school. She likes him from the start, a feeling that deepens the more they interact. Contrast that with, say, a relationship where one character realizes with shock (near the end of the story) that they actually like another character. It's not wrong for a writer to concoct a relationship in this denial-revelation format, but it sure was nice to see the way Korman did it here.

One of my favorite discoveries on Audible has been the books of Gordon Korman. Add this one to that happy list.

It is amazing

It is amazing
I love it so much
I could not put it down love

I'm sorry. This book is just too good.

I really liked the way that the guys who played Noah and Donovan played their character.

Ungifted: One of the best books I have ever read in my life

I think that Ungifted is a really great book. It shows a boy that once has no interest in robotics, to be part of a team that involves robots a lot! I love that the audiobook version had the different voices, so that you knew who was talking, instead of getting confused with who is speaking and who is not. I am recommending this to anyone that would enjoy a nice book that involves teamwork, and a book that involves a very good moral. This book was amazing, and I hope that people like me enjoy this book just like I did, and I hope that people read this and have hopes for another person to like the same thing.

A good read for any audience

This book has so much to offer, it is cute, funny, suspenseful, action, comedy, & drama. No nonsense fun for kids & adults alike. Parents this is a good book to share with your kids!

interesting read

What did you like best about Ungifted? What did you like least?

Interesting perspective on the positives and negatives of being gifted, and the value of the human spirit

Would you be willing to try another book from Gordon Korman? Why or why not?

yes

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

yes

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I love this it is so cool and good oh my god nice job on people that did dis

Hilarious and heart-warming middle-grade novel

Due to a series of comic twists and turns, 14-year-old eighth grader, Donovan Curtis, who is of an average IQ, ends up at a special school for highly gifted students. He strongly connects with a coterie of quirky, brilliant students while working on the school's robotics team.

I absolutely adored this book! I have strongly recommended it to my 9-year-old granddaughter, who is the perfect age for this middle grade novel, which is primarily targeted at children aged 8-10. The characters in this book are absolutely adorable, especially Donovan and Noah, a genius with an IQ of 207, who is a huge contributor to some of the funniest scenes in this book. I am so delighted that Noah is the major character in the sequel to this book, Supergifted.

This is the second book I have read by this prolific children's author, and I am going to be seeking out many more.

The novel is told from multiple points of view, and each of the POV characters is narrated by a different voice actor. The recording is quite well done.

Awesome book!!

I loved this book because it stimulated a lot of real life type situations that everyone can learn from!!!