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The School For The Insanely Gifted (2011)

by Dan Elish(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0061138738 (ISBN13: 9780061138737)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

HarperCollins

review 1: Not impressed. Good premise (reminds me a lot of the Mysterious Benedict Society) but the execution was extremely poor. The rules of the reality created in the novel were so inconsistent it was distracting. I could suspend disbelief on some of the ridiculous inventions, but then the simplest things would stump the characters. It just didn't add up. Was not fond of any of the characters. Some of them were really rather irritating. Disappointing.
review 2: Loved this one. Eleven-year-old Daphna, a musical genius, goes to the Blatt School for the Insanely Gifted in New York, where the announcement of the Insanity Cup has all the students competing for the top prize. Things I loved about this book: Daphna lives by herself (since her mom disappeared) in a one... more-room apartment that can change with the push of a button to a living room or a music room or a bedroom; her best friend Thunk zips around Manhattan in a flying vehicle he built from an old taxi; her other best friend has starred in six Broadway musicals, most recently as a dog; Iggy Blatt, the founder of the school, is a cross between Steve Jobs and Willy Wonka, who goes more and more Wonka as the story goes on; adults don't get in the way of letting the kids race around town or take chances. The gadgets are fun and the story keeps moving. less

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