Ungifted Book Review

Ungifted By Gordon Korman
Review By Jerry

Summary

Donovan’s school is Hardcastle. He is a troublemaker. Until one day he propels a giant ball from a statue into a game. He got in trouble, the school principal, Dr. Shultz, wanted to expel him. Donovan got into the Academy for gifted students by accident. When Donovan got into the Academy Donovan joined the robotics group and made a robot named, Tin Man.
At the Academy, Donovan was getting bad grades. The teachers started to think that he didn’t belong in the Academy.
Donovan was starting to behave better. There was a dance going on for Hardcastle and the Academy students.
The Daniels were Donovan’s friends. They were troublemakers too! They attended the dance. At the dance there was a free for all fight going on. Then later Tin Man, robot, got demolished by the Hardcastle students. Fortunately, Tin Man got renovated into a better robot.
Donovan had a test to take at the Academy. Abigail from the Academy helped him on the test by changing his answers, but he didn’t know. She knew that Donovan needed to pass the test in order for him to stay at the Academy. At the end of the story, Donovan was still going to be a troublemaker.

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Author Page

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Name: Gordon Korman
Born: October 23, 1963 Montreal, Canada
Spouse: Michelle Iserson
Awards: Audie Award for Multi-voiced Performance
Education: New York University, Thornlea Secondary School

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Glossary

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1.demolish: to destroy
2.expel: kick out
3.paramilitary: military force
4.phantom: ghost
5.propel: to push
6.renovate: to rebuild
7.toupee: wig
8.violation: breaking the rule

Reviews

I think this book is good because it has a lot of things in the book and I this the author Gordon Korman put a lot of work in it. I will rated it a five.

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