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Pub. Date
2020
Description
For young Sheldon Cooper, it isn't easy growing up in East Texas. Being a once-in-a-generation mind capable of advanced mathematics and science isn't always helpful in a land where church and football are king. And while the vulnerable, gifted, and somewhat naive Sheldon deals with the world, his very normal family must find a way to deal with him.
183) El Jeremias
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A heartwarming comedic film about family love and the hard choices that come with opportunity. Set in Sonora, Mexico, Jerema's a bright misfit and pessimistic eight-year-old, finds out he is a gifted child and initiates a journey of self-discovery to find out what he wants to be when he grows up.
184) Vitus
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
At six, Vitus is both incredibly talented and wonderfully precocious. When it becomes evident that he has an exceptionally high IQ and can play piano like a young Mozart, expectations run high. His parents love him, his grandfather understands him, but no one knows the truth - that his real genius is in his heart.
Series
Your lie in April volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"Kosei's road back to playing the piano has been rough, but he's finally beginning to regain his confidence, even though he still has trouble hearing the notes. But as his first solo competition in years closes in, Kosei will have to deal with reentering a cutthroat world, where old rivals still remember--and resent--Kosei's younger self, the precocious Human Metronome. Kaori's support is unwavering, but will it be enough to push Kosei through all...
186) Space warriors
Description
Middle school kids attending space camp are faced with a real-life mission to save astronauts stranded on a space station.
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Description
The tech-savvy toddlers are back, and this time they're Europe bound! When the Queen of England's crown jewels mysteriously go missing, there's only one team for the job: The Baby Squad! Using their stealth abilities and a range of high-tech gadgets to uncover important clues, the height-challenged heroes soon learn that items have begun disappearing all over Europe with no suspect in sight. But when the rescue team starts to see the same toddler,...
188) Young Miss Holmes
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Ten year old child prodigy Christie Holmes is as familiar with the sciences and classics as any older student at Cambridge or Oxford. While her parents are away in India, leaving her in the care of maids and servants, she solves mysteries along with her giant hound Nelson, often joining forces with Uncle Sherlock and Doctor Watson on their famed investigations.
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Ai draws the attention of two specialists from A.D.C. who come to the school looking for those possessing the "aura of light." In order to demonstrate his powers, Ai must battle one of these professionals and if he loses he'll be sent to A.D.C. in America, away from his friends and family.
Author
Series
Psychic Academy volume 4
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
As the semester continues for Ai, Mew, and Orina, everyone is on the lookout for aura hunters. When Ai and Orinna head into town, hunters are hot on their trail. Is the School President involved somehow?
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 7
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Michael Vey is missing and it's up to the Electroclan to find him in this electrifying seventh installment of the New York Times bestselling series!
195) Ender's game
Description
A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the...
196) Ender's game
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Redemption: A damaged ex-special forces soldier trapped in the criminal underworld is transformed into an avenging angel when an unexpected opportunity allows him to assume another identity. Once believing he was beyond redemption, he now seeks out his own version of justice.
Safe: When a second-rate cage fighter, Luke Wright, is tormented by the Russian Mafia and wanders the streets of New York, he witnesses a young Chinese math prodigy, Mei, being...