by Gitty Daneshvari (Author)
'When people say that "the children are the future" they aren't talking about me.' Jonathan Murray, aged 12, Evanston, Virginia When Jonathan and Shelley are summoned to work for The League of Unexceptional Children they're more than a little bit surprised. Average in every single way, they've never been singled out for anything in their lives ...scrap that, they've never even been noticed. But that's exactly what the League is after. Because if you're truly forgettable, you're perfect for acts of espionage - as Jonathan and Shelley are about to find out.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 20 Oct 2015
ISBN 10: 0349124205
ISBN 13: 9780349124209
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
At the ripe old age of ten, Gitty and her classmates underwent an IQ test followed by a short interview. A week later, it was announced that of the twenty-five students in her class, twenty had been chosen for the Talented and Gifted Program. Gitty, along with two foreign exchange students who could barely speak English, was in the remaining five. That day she went home and explained to her parents that she believed working at the mall's food court was her destiny for she was neither talented nor gifted.
Decades later, Gitty realized that more important than being 'talented' is finding something you love and working hard at it.