Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Hidden Talents by David Luber
Hidden Talents by David Lubar is every outcast misfit person's daydream. We aren't really losers, bumblers, thieves, clumsy, or cheaters...we have "Hidden Talents". Sadly, in our general daydreams we don'tuse the knowledge of these talents to fit ourselves back into society. Instead we make ourselves heroes and wreck vengeance on our tormentors.
Hidden Talents manages to do all of those things.
I'd recommend this book to a 4th grade boy who feels like a misfit, a 12 year old girl who will read it in 90 minutes and be amused, and a 9 year old girl. I'd also recommend this book to the teacher of a 4th-6th grade classroom for the class library...I think the book is readable by 2nd and 3rd graders but I think the pre-middle school angst about not fitting in really surges in 4-6th grades.
Hidden Talents manages to do all of those things.
I'd recommend this book to a 4th grade boy who feels like a misfit, a 12 year old girl who will read it in 90 minutes and be amused, and a 9 year old girl. I'd also recommend this book to the teacher of a 4th-6th grade classroom for the class library...I think the book is readable by 2nd and 3rd graders but I think the pre-middle school angst about not fitting in really surges in 4-6th grades.
# posted by JJ @ 4:11 PM 
