Hidden Talents - David Lubar

For Martin Anderson and his schoolmates, Edgeview Alternative is the end of the road. No other school wants them, but just when Martin thinks there's no hope, he discovers something amazing about himself and his friends--something unbelievable. \n \nHidden Talents is the first novel in a hit supernatural duology for young readers by award-winning author David Lubar. This hilarious coming-of-age-with-powers story starring the misfits at Edgeview Alternative School was shortlisted for the Printz Award and is now available in trade paperback. \n \nWhen thirteen-year-old Martin Anderson arrives at the Edgeview Alternative School, it's the end of the road. Literally. He's been expelled from every other school. Edgeview is the last stop. A warehouse for the system's rejects. \n \nMartin fits right in. \n \nEveryone has given up on Martin. Even Martin. But at Edgeview Martin falls in with a group of five outsiders who make the other Edgeview rejects appear gifted by comparison. He makes a remarkable discovery: each of his friends possesses a remarkable talent. One is telekinetic. Another is empathic. Others have psychic abilities. Martin thinks these talents make them special. They think it makes them freaks. \n \nMartin has one shot to convince them otherwise. \n \nHidden Talents provides us with a glimpse of David Lubar as a writer whose comic talent is matched by his ability to write with sensitivity and power about adolescents. --The Alan Review\n