gifted teenagers

"Jibe? is the 'weird-o' of the class. Gifted and solitary, he is passionate about birds. In his large family, the law of the father, a practicing Catholic, is more and more stifling. Me?lo loves to run under the tall trees of Mount Royal, music in her ears. Devastated by a catastrophic romantic relationship, she lives alone with her mother. A school project brings them together and this is the beginning of a story with two voices"--Translation of back cover.

"[Offers] advice to help teens understand themselves, relate well with others, and reach their potential in life . . . Based on surveys from more than 1,400 teens, 'The Gifted Teen Survival Guide' covers the topics that gifted teens want and need to know about. Full of . . . facts, . . . research, . . . quizzes and survey results, step-by-step strategies, . . . quotes and stories, and . . . expert essays, the guide gives readers the tools they need to appreciate their giftedness as an asset and use it to make the most of who they are . . ."--Provided by publisher.

"There's been a murder, but the police don't care. It was only a homeless man after all. Kieran cares. He's going to find out what really happened. But being a detective is difficult when you're Kieran Woods. When you're amazing at drawing but terrible at fitting in. And when there are dangerous secrets everywhere--not just outside, but under your own roof"--Provided by publisher.

"Ester 'Essie' Tomasi is a genius. She got an early entrance scholarship to university and at eighteen years old is already in her second year of pre-med. But Essie also struggles with a dark secret: she has a serious gambling problem. She is falling deeper and deeper into debt, struggling to keep up with her heavy course load and unable to make even the simplest of decisions without flipping a coin. But when Essie makes a bet that she can't cover, it's her identical twin sister, Aggie, who comes to the rescue, making a dangerous deal with the gangsters holding Essie's latest bet. Essie must find her way out of this mess or risk losing everything she's ever cared about"--Provided by the publisher.

"Imogen St. Pierre, a talented piano prodigy who is painfully awkward socially, meets Nathan McCormick, a hockey phenom who lets his anger get the best of him on the ice, and the two find a special connection"--OCLC.

"When quiet farm girl Pixel receives an acceptance letter from the prestigious academy for gifted students, Redstone Junior High, she is thrilled! And she works up the courage to leave her family and her beloved farm animals to become a Redstone student. The school prides itself on its safety record as much as its academics--"Mob-free for more than 100 years!" boasts a sign on campus. Little does Pixel know that the school's long history of safety is about to take an unsettling turn. When zombies begin popping up on campus, the students begin to panic. Pixel, with the help of her new best friends, is the only one who can figure out why the zombies are invading--but can she do it before the school becomes a battlefield?"--Amazon.com.

Andriana, a Remnant charged with helping faithful humans fight against demons, begins her training for a war with evil and falls in love with Ronan, a Knight who is assigned to protect her, sparking a forbidden romance.

Although she has come to terms with her power of empathy, and although she and her knight, Ronan, have admitted their feelings for one another, Andriana still struggles with fear and doubt, especially when Dri is taken prisoner by their mortal and spiritual enemy Sethos and his master, Keallach. While Andriana suspects Keallach could be convinced to return to the Maker's Way, it may already be too late to pull him out of Sethos' darkness.

Based on a survey of thousands of giften teens around the work, this work is filled with stories, insights, honesty, and humor.

The year is 2095. Gifted teens known as Remnants have been chosen and trained to act as humanity's last hope to rectify the horrors that are now part of everyday life. But the Sons of Sheol are determined to stop them.