Ungifted by Gordan Korman

The book Ungifted by Gordan Korman is a realistic fiction book about a boy, Donovan,
who poked a gigantic ball from a statue that destroyed the gym floor. Then the
superintendent, Dr. Schultz, accidentally writes Donovan’s name on the list of kids
that will go to the gifted school. In his time there, he names the robot in his robotics
club and puts pictures on it. He also shows off his talented joystick skills. He helps his
friends out by persuading his pregnant sister to help teach Donovan’s classmates
about the human body.

I liked the beginning where the brothers tell Donovan to escape detention when
the teacher watching him goes to the office to watch the basketball game taking place.
Donovan then pokes the ball that the statue of Atlas was carrying with a stick. The ball
then rolls down a hill and demolishes the gym.

You will like this book if you like Schooled.

--Reviewed by David C.