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Books Featuring Gifted Guys

After doing a couple of rounds of recommended books featuring gifted female protagonists, I got an email requesting books featuring fellas. Here are some of my go-to books. Please send me yours and I’ll add them to this list:

  • Mysterious Benedict Society – two guys, two girls, all fantastically different from each other. Also highlights gifted adults.
  • Ender’s Game – Ender is an empathetic, highly intelligent boy, but that doesn’t make life easy.
  • A Wrinkle in Time – not the protagonist, but Charles Wallace is (I’d wager) a profoundly gifted boy.
  • The View From Saturday – a cast of gifted characters competing in an academic tournament
  • I’d say Bridge to Terebithia and The Giver both deal with characters who have traits of giftedness beyond “being smart.”
  • Calvin and Hobbes – Calvin’s my exemplar for a gifted kid who would probably go unidentified because he isn’t “good at school”. You can read more about Calvin the gifted kid here.
  • Chrystal recommended the Artemis Fowl books.

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More about My Book Recommendations
  1. Books for Teaching Thinking
  2. Review: Challenging Units for Gifted Learners
  3. Review: Challenging Units – Science
  4. Review: Envision – Career Aspirations
  5. Books With Gifted, Female Protagonists
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