 Ungifted by Gordon Corman. Donovan is well known for playing pranks around the school. He has zero impulse control and actually he's also encouraged by a couple of friends. It was a complete accident the evening that he destroyed the front of the junior high school gym and interrupted the big important basketball game. He's called into the superintendent's office immediately and the superintendent writes down his name in his school and then is called away for another emergency. Donovan is off the hook just briefly. He knows it's going to come anytime. Imagine his surprise when a letter arrives at his home and his family is informed that he has been selected to attend the Academy of Scholastic Distinction. Donovan knows that he is not gifted. He barely passes his class at the junior high so he knows he has no chance at the academy. However, the superintendent will never think to look for him there. Ungifted by Gordon Corman.