gifted children

Having faked his way into the Music and Art Academy, a performing arts school for gifted students where his talented older sister rules, sixth-grader Jake, a jokester who can barely play an instrument, will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him.

"The Coders always knew their programming skills would take them far, but they never guessed they would take them to another dimension--or to be accurate, one dimension less. To save humanity, Hopper, Eni, and Josh must travel to Flatland, a dangerous two-dimensional world ruled by polygons. If they can return home safely with a Turtle of Light, they might just stand a chance in their final showdown with Dr. One-Zero!"--Back cover.

Having faked his way into the Music and Art Academy, a performing arts school for gifted students where his talented older sister rules, sixth-grader Jake, a jokester who can barely play an instrument, will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him.

"The Coders always knew their programming skills would take them far, but they never guessed they would take them to another dimension--or to be accurate, one dimension less. To save humanity, Hopper, Eni, and Josh must travel to Flatland, a dangerous two-dimensional world ruled by polygons. If they can return home safely with a Turtle of Light, they might just stand a chance in their final showdown with Dr. One-Zero!"--Back cover.

Discusses the lives and challenges of sixteen gifted children.

A guide to creating self-driven projects for gifted students.

Presents detailed guidelines, practical tips, templates, action plans, and suggestions designed to help strategic planning teams and solo practitioners create effective gifted education programs.

Examines the social and emotional development of gifted children, discussing how gifted students respond to peer pressure, social acceptance, resilience, delinquency, and underachievement, and summarizing several decades worth of research on minority, learning-disabled, and gay and lesbian gifted students.