Hidden Talents

David Lubar

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Martin Anderson and his friends don’t like being called losers. But they’ve been called that for so long even they start to believe it. Until Martin makes an incredible discovery: each of his friends has a special hidden talent.

Edgeview Alternative School was supposed to be end of the road. But for Martin and his friends, it just might be a new beginning.

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Hidden Talents
PART ONEWELCOME TO EDGEVIEWOFF THE BUS AND INTO TROUBLEAll I needed was handcuffs. If my wrists had been chained to the seat, the scene could have been taken straight from one of those movies where they show the bus bringing the new guy to the prison. Of course, there wasn't any need for cuffs on this ride. Fill my pockets with rocks, add a couple more layers of winter clothes--wet winter clothes--and I might push the scale up toward ninety pounds.The bus driver looked like he weighed three times that much. His wrists were thicker than my neck.

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Praise for Hidden Talents

“Lubar’s first novel is wondrously surprising, playful, and heartwarming. A promising new author.”—VOYA (5Q 4P)

“A good bet for readers who like offbeat fiction. The dialogue is right on target with plenty of humor.”—Booklist

“Sure to be popular.”—Kliatt

“Lubar serves up great fun, along with an insight or two for those whose powers are only too human.”—Publishers Weekly

“I have never had a class so completely mesmerized by a book. The characters are witty, intelligent, genuine, and enchanting.”—Mia Moen, 4th Grade Teacher Columbia Elementary School Annandale, Virginia.
 

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David Lubar

David Lubar is the acclaimed author of several novels for young people, including Hidden Talents, an ALA Best Books for Young Adults and an ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adults selection, and In the Land of the Lawn Weenies and Other Misadventures, a collection of short stories. He lives with his wife and daughter in Pennsylvania.

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Hidden Talents
David Lubar

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American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults, American Library Association Popular Paperbacks for Young Readers, American Library Association Quick Picks for Young Adults, Michael L. Printz Award - Honor, Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award

Mass Market Paperbound

Mass Market Paperbound
Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Books
November 2000
Mass Market Paperbound
ISBN: 9780812541700
ISBN10: 0812541707
Young Adult Fiction
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 inches, 224 pages
$5.99

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Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Books
February 2007
e-Book Agency
ISBN: 9781429963237
ISBN10: 1429963239
Middle-Grade Fiction224 pages
Age Range: 10 and up
Grade Range: 5 and up
$5.99
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