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Lädt ... Ungifted (2014. Auflage)von Gordon Korman (Autore)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. https://www.ideasforlearners.com/ungifted.html This is definitely not one of Korman's stronger works. The basic plot outline is simple, almost too simple, and feels almost like it's pulled straight from No More Dead Dogs, while most of the students at the gifted school don't get defined beyond what their 'gift' is. That being said, it was funny most of the way through, and the sub-plot with Donovan's sister was well-done. I feel like this book's faults were mostly just trying too hard in all the wrong places. Too much time is spent on a plot that's straight out of Korman's earlier novels, and not enough on unique characters and motivation. Ungifted is a book that is assuredly better than a lot of books aimed at middle-school students and there's nothing overtly wrong with it. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to a younger reader who's mostly unfamiliar with Gordon Korman. On the other hand, this book never really breaks itself out of the mold and sets itself truly apart. It's biggest flaw is being merely average when it could have been something much, much better. Donovan's essential ungiftedness changes the shape of the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, and is the driving theme of this book. Ungifted is largely character-driven which is part of its charm. Class learn sex ed/human growth and development Donovan is the novel’s central character, its protagonist and one of its many narrators. He is in his mid-teens, comes from what might be described as a relatively average family and, as he himself understands, is driven by his impulses. Encouraged by his two best friends, Donovan says what he wants, does what he feels inclined to do in the moment he feels the inclination, and tends to do does both without a clear sense, or consideration, of potential consequences. At first this aspect of Donovan seems to be primarily negative: the narrative is initiated, and almost entirely driven, by the results of Donovan’s ultimately destructive impulse to take a powerful swing (with a tree branch) at a statue outside his school. But while the narrative doesn’t necessarily, or directly, condone Donovan’s actions – or, for that matter, his tendency to act on impulse keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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