Hidden Talents by David Lubar
Reviewed by Varun, Gr. 8
Okay, this book was awesome. I totally loved it. It is really creative and the people have really cool "talents". They are basically powers and they aren't like super strength or anything like that. They have talents like hearing other people’s thoughts but not knowing it. The main characters talent is by far the most creative. He can make people feel really good about themselves or really bad about themselves by just saying something. This book was fun, creative, and nice. I highly recommend it.
Reviewed by Robert, Gr.9
This book is an exciting story about Martin, a boy that has been expelled from several schools because he finds peculiar ways to insult the staff members. He is sent to a boarding school where he meets several students he believes to have special abilities that have gotten them expelled from their schools. When the boys discover that the school is going to be closed, the boys use their special abilities to save the school. This book is a must read and it has a sequel named True Talents.
Reviewed by Reah, Gr. 6
Martin Anderson doesn't respect any of his teachers as he gets thrown from school to school, getting expelled from each and every school along the way. That is, until he comes to Edgeview Alternate School. This is his last chance. There's no other school to go to. Martin wants to go home as soon as he arrives, but after he meets Torchie, Cheater, Lucky, Flinch, and Trash, he's not sure that he wants to leave. Read this book to find out what happens at Edgeview Alternate School to these six friends.
Reviewed by Jocelyn, Gr. 8
Hidden Talents is about a boy, named Martin Anderson, who is sent to the Edgeview Alternative School because of his trouble to stay in schools. Upon his arrival, Martin thought of the school as "a dead end," "the end of the road." But soon Martin realizes that there is something up with the students at the school. He figures out that his friends have special hidden powers. Now it is up to Martin and his friends to foil a plot and keep Edgeview from closing. Hidden Talents is a great book with lots of action and adventure. I definitely recommend it.
Reviewed by Maria, Gr. 6
Martin Anderson has been expelled from too many schools to count. His last choice is to go to Edgeview. In other words, the school for kids who teachers feel should be in jail. Surprisingly, Martin finds himself lifelong friends who all have something in common that you could never guess.
Reviewed by Sarah, Gr. 8
This book is a great story about a group of misfits that join together and discover their own skills and special powers. The Psi Five, as they call themselves, are more than what meets the eye. With help from a new student and the main character, Martin, these outcasts will learn how to master their powers.
Reviewed by Erika, Gr. 8
This book is a very interesting book. This book is about a bunch of very gifted students. They may not follow all the rules, but they learn from their mistakes and then they start learning about themselves.
Additional thoughts by Miss Catherine:
Hidden Talents was one of my favorite books from last year’s Battle. I was so happy when I found out it was chosen to be the repeat title for the 2009 Battle. What made this book so special for me were the unique characters. I love the premise that a group of “misfits” can rise up and discover that they not only have the power to control their futures, but that they have qualities about themselves that the “regular” kids in “regular” society could only dream of possessing. It’s such an empowering story… the kind of book that you don’t mind reading more than once, which was great for me since that’s exactly what I had to do!
Reviewed by Varun, Gr. 8
Okay, this book was awesome. I totally loved it. It is really creative and the people have really cool "talents". They are basically powers and they aren't like super strength or anything like that. They have talents like hearing other people’s thoughts but not knowing it. The main characters talent is by far the most creative. He can make people feel really good about themselves or really bad about themselves by just saying something. This book was fun, creative, and nice. I highly recommend it.
Reviewed by Robert, Gr.9
This book is an exciting story about Martin, a boy that has been expelled from several schools because he finds peculiar ways to insult the staff members. He is sent to a boarding school where he meets several students he believes to have special abilities that have gotten them expelled from their schools. When the boys discover that the school is going to be closed, the boys use their special abilities to save the school. This book is a must read and it has a sequel named True Talents.
Reviewed by Reah, Gr. 6
Martin Anderson doesn't respect any of his teachers as he gets thrown from school to school, getting expelled from each and every school along the way. That is, until he comes to Edgeview Alternate School. This is his last chance. There's no other school to go to. Martin wants to go home as soon as he arrives, but after he meets Torchie, Cheater, Lucky, Flinch, and Trash, he's not sure that he wants to leave. Read this book to find out what happens at Edgeview Alternate School to these six friends.
Reviewed by Jocelyn, Gr. 8
Hidden Talents is about a boy, named Martin Anderson, who is sent to the Edgeview Alternative School because of his trouble to stay in schools. Upon his arrival, Martin thought of the school as "a dead end," "the end of the road." But soon Martin realizes that there is something up with the students at the school. He figures out that his friends have special hidden powers. Now it is up to Martin and his friends to foil a plot and keep Edgeview from closing. Hidden Talents is a great book with lots of action and adventure. I definitely recommend it.
Reviewed by Maria, Gr. 6
Martin Anderson has been expelled from too many schools to count. His last choice is to go to Edgeview. In other words, the school for kids who teachers feel should be in jail. Surprisingly, Martin finds himself lifelong friends who all have something in common that you could never guess.
Reviewed by Sarah, Gr. 8
This book is a great story about a group of misfits that join together and discover their own skills and special powers. The Psi Five, as they call themselves, are more than what meets the eye. With help from a new student and the main character, Martin, these outcasts will learn how to master their powers.
Reviewed by Erika, Gr. 8
This book is a very interesting book. This book is about a bunch of very gifted students. They may not follow all the rules, but they learn from their mistakes and then they start learning about themselves.
Additional thoughts by Miss Catherine:
Hidden Talents was one of my favorite books from last year’s Battle. I was so happy when I found out it was chosen to be the repeat title for the 2009 Battle. What made this book so special for me were the unique characters. I love the premise that a group of “misfits” can rise up and discover that they not only have the power to control their futures, but that they have qualities about themselves that the “regular” kids in “regular” society could only dream of possessing. It’s such an empowering story… the kind of book that you don’t mind reading more than once, which was great for me since that’s exactly what I had to do!
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