Books like Hidden Talents

The book Hidden Talents, by David Lubar was a very, very good book. It is about a young boy, about our age, who has gotten kicked out of all of the schools back in his hometown for lipping off to the teachers and somehow always knowing just the right thing to make them feel bad. Now Martin is onto his last resort, Edgeview Alternative School. At this school he pretty much starts to do the same thing. He begins meeting a lot of new friends in the process and eventually finds out that they all have special psychic powers. For example, his friend Torchie can light things on fire using his mind, but he is always denying that he lights stuff on fire. The rest of Martin's friends also have powers, but they too, deny it. Eventually Martin proves it to them, and helps them practice with their powers to perfect them. But Martin feels bad because he thinks he is the only one without a power, but he was wrong. He too has a power of his own, and at the end of the book, he uses it to help save the school of Edgeview from being closed down by the towns people. What I liked about this book was that it had me hooked right from the start, and I couldn't put it down. Also, I liked that I could relate to this book in many ways. For example, this famous quote is from a character named Bloodbath, "Hey, this is a toll road," Bloodbath said, holding his hand out. "Pay up." I can relate to this is because it reminds me of my daily life at school, and the people around me. At school there is always that one kid that just picks on everyone, and steals their lunch money and such things, as Bloodbath does to Martin here. "They", are called the bully. Or this quote, that reminds me of that one friend who is always lipping off to the teacher and getting detentions, "Make that a weeks detention." "Fine, I dont care!" There were no things to dislike about this book. Maybe only that it could be longer, because I was having such a great time reading it I didn't want it to end. I think i literary term that could easily be linked to this book is Irony. Its very ironic because Martin is finding out that all of his new friends have these cool psychic powers, and he thinks he has nothing, except the ability to get in trouble with teachers. But he was wrong. Near the end of the book, Martin finds out that, he too, has a power of his own! How ironic! Here is a quote that demonstrates this irony, "So, for the moment, there were five of them. I mean, there were six of us, but only five were specail." Wow. You can just tell here that Martin really feels left out that he doesn't have a cool special power too, but it is very ironic, because in the end you find out that Martin does infact have a power of his own! What a surprise ending! Overall, I think this book is great. I think it is the best book that I have read this year, and will read this year. I loved Hidden Talents, because first of all it had me hooked, and very interested from the start. Second off, I love that I can relate my everyday school life, to that of Martin Anderson's in this book. This book is just awesome.