The Spy On Third Base
A third baseman is sick with anxiety about whether or not to help his team by using his knack for knowing where the batter is going to hit the ball.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
The Ok Book
A character enumerates a great many things that it enjoys doing, although not great at any of them, knowing that someday it will excel at something.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Calli Be Gold
Eleven-year-old Calli, the third child in a family of busy high-achievers, likes to take her time and observe rather than rush around, and when she meets an awkward, insecure second-grader named Noah and is paired with him in the Peer Helper Program, she finds satisfaction and strength in working with him.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
About Average
As the end of sixth grade nears, Jordan Johnson, unhappy that she is only average in appearance, intelligence, and athletic ability, reveals her special skills when disaster strikes her central Illinois elementary school.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 63
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
The Girl Who Could Fly
When homeschooled farm girl Piper McCloud reveals her ability to fly, she is quickly taken to a secret government facility to be trained with other exceptional children, but she soon realizes that something is very wrong and begins working with brilliant and wealthy Conrad to escape.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
subjects: ability [X], individuality, flight, laboratories, schools, self-acceptance, contentment, school stories, science fiction, identity, school stories, happiness, identity (philosophical concept)
Graceling
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace of killing and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 108
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: murder, ability [X], magic, good and evil, fantasy, homicide, fantasy fiction, audiobooks, fantasy fiction, children's audiobooks, spanish language
Once A Witch
Born into a family of witches, seventeen-year-old Tamsin is raised believing that she alone lacks a magical "Talent," but when her beautiful and powerful sister is taken by an age-old rival of the family in an attempt to change the balance of power, Tamsin discovers her true destiny.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 31
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: witches, ability [X], sibling rivalry, individuality, time travel, new york (n.y.), good and evil, identity, identity (philosophical concept)
Dark Life
When fifteen-year-old Ty, who has always lived on the ocean floor, joins Topside girl Gemma in the frontier's underworld to seek and stop outlaws who threaten his home, they learn that the government may pose an even greater threat.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 57
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: undersea colonies, thieves, ability [X], robbers and outlaws, human settlements, young adult, science fiction
Fairy Bad Day
High schooler Emma is devastated to learn that she may not follow in her mother's footsteps as a dragon slayer, but with an unlikely band of allies she discovers that she may, indeed, be more adept at slaying giant killer fairies.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
The Fingertips Of Duncan Dorfman
Twelve-year-olds Duncan Dorfman, April Blunt, and Nate Saviano meet at the Youth Scrabble Tournament where, although each has a different reason for attending and for needing to win, they realize that something more important is at stake than the grand prize.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
Shatter Me
Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life, seventeen-year-old Juliette is freed on the condition that she use her horrific abilities in support of The Reestablishment, a post-apocalyptic dictatorship, but Adam, the only person ever to show her affection, offers hope of a better future.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 69
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
Bitterblue
Eighteen-year-old Bitterblue, queen of Monsea, realizes her heavy responsibility and the futility of relying on advisors who surround her with lies as she tries to help her people to heal from the thirty-five-year spell cast by her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 58
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: queens, magic, kings, queens, rulers, etc, fantasy, young women, conduct of life, imaginary places, ability [X], telepathy, good and evil, charms, spanish language, rulers
Remarkable
Ten-year-old Jane Doe, the only student average enough to be excluded from the town of Remarkable's School for the Remarkably Gifted, is joined at her public school by the trouble-making Grimlet twins, who lead her on a series of adventures involving an out-of-control science fair project, a pirate captain on the run from a mutinous crew, a lonely dentist, and a newly constructed bell tower that endangers Remarkable's most beloved inhabitant--a skittish lake monster named Lucky.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
Freakling
After a traumatic accident removes his telekinetic ability, or psy, twelve-year-old Taemon is exiled to the "dud farm," where he is surprised to find kind, open people who enjoy using their hands but there are also mysteries at the colony and when Taemon unwittingly leaks one of the secrets he must find the courage to repair the damage, even if it means returning to the city from which he was banished.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
The Colossus Rises
Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis's power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the genetic abnormality that also gives them superior abilities.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 62
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: ability [X], adventure stories, atlantis (legendary place), friendship, science fiction, adventure fiction, adventure and adventurers