gifted children

Presents the 1996-97 school year of twelve South-Central Los Angeles high school students who qualified for an elite gifted program because of their exceptional IQs, and how they persevered despite challenges from the physical landscape, their home life, and school administrations.

Contains fifty ready-to-use, self-paced and self-directed activities designed to help students improve their skills in leadership, language arts, social studies, science, and math.

After skipping the ninth grade and entering high school in an accelerated program for gifted students, fourteen year-old Eric and his best friend Paul seem to undergo a dynamic change in their relationship.

Presents higher level thinking and reading strategies to help teachers promote academic achievement for both gifted learners and struggling students.

The author tells the story of her struggles to reconcile her ghetto background and the world of private schools, wealthy classmates, and important jobs offered to her because of her academic talent.

Ai Shiomi is sent to the Psychic Academy, a place for psychically gifted students, where he must live up to his older brother's reputation.

Sixteen-year-old Nate, an academically gifted student who attends an exclusive private boarding school, straddles two cultures as he returns home for occasional visits to see his family and "gangsta crew" in Harlem, New York.