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The League of Unexceptional Children Kindle Edition

by Gitty Daneshvari (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
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Are you average? Normal? Forgettable? If so, the League of Unexceptional Children is for you! This first book in a hilarious new adventure series is for anyone who's struggled to be noticed in a sea of above-average overachievers.

What is the League of Unexceptional Children? I'm glad you asked. You didn't ask? Well, you would have eventually and I hate to waste time. The League of Unexceptional Children is a covert network that uses the nation's most average, normal, and utterly unexceptional children as spies. Why the average kids? Why not the brainiacs? Or the beauty queens? Or the jocks? It's simple: People remember them. But not the unexceptionals. They are the forgotten ones. Until now!
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  1. Reading age
    8 - 12 years
  2. Print length
    249 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    3 - 7
  5. Lexile measure
    790L
  6. Publisher
    Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  7. Publication date
    October 20, 2015
  8. Page Flip
    Enabled
  9. Word Wise
    Enabled
  10. Enhanced typesetting
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  11. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  12. ISBN-13
    978-0316405706
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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 4–6—Twelve-year-old Shelley and Jonathan are average kids: forgettable, normal, and looked over. In fact, many of their classmates have been going to school with them for years and would not be able to recognize them if they were stuck in an elevator together. However, their ordinariness is the qualifying trait that the League of Unexceptional Children is looking for. The League is a covert network of spies that are, well, unexceptional. The unexceptionals are the forgotten ones, the spies that can slip in and out of a room without anyone bothering to notice. After an inept security guard allowed the White House to be breached, several monumental things have happened: the vice president is missing, the nation's greatest spies are deactivated, and several confidential documents and data are compromised. Thankfully, Shelley and Jonathan are average, forgettable, but perfect additions to the League of Unexceptional Children. They have vowed to risk their lives for their country's liberties, all the while answering to the wrong name. From the best-selling author of School of Fear (2010) and the "Ghoulfriends Forever" series (both Little, Brown), comes a humorous middle grade novel that keeps readers giggling. The story flows easily through short chapters with interwoven art that further captures the humor of Jonathan and Shelley's case. VERDICT With humor that both girls and boys will enjoy, this likable book is a good fit for most collections.—Brittney Kosev, Dave Blair Elementary School, Farmers Branch, TX

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Delivers hilarious shenanigans...This humorous new series is sure to appeal to fans of Daneshvari and other lovers of the ludicrous.-- "Kirkus"

Pokes sly fun at the pressure to raise future valedictorians and CEOs, by turning the tables on the classic trope of an average kid discovering greatness...Daneshvari's fast-paced, twisty story is chock-full of clever humor.-- "Publishers Weekly"

Daneshvari's fast-paced, twisty story is chock-full of clever humor.

-- "Publishers Weekly"

Daneshvari delivers hilarious shenanigans...This humorous new series is sure to appeal to fans of Daneshvari and other lovers of the ludicrous.

-- "Kirkus Reviews"

Daneshvari recognizes that far more powerful than a dork becoming cool is the ignored finally being heard, the invisible seen. Here's hoping we will be witnessing much more of Jonathan and Shelley's kind of transformation, on the page and in life.-- "The New York Times"

It will hook readers and have them anxiously awaiting the next adventure.-- "School Library Connection"

Keeps readers giggling.-- "SLJ"

This...amusing chapter book goes down easy. Even with the fate of the world resting on their 'slightly hunched' shoulders, the main characters are so disarmingly upfront about their inadequacies that they'll definitely have readers on their side.-- "Booklist"

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00T3E774Q
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition (October 20, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 20, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 15125 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 249 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 44 ratings

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Gitty Daneshvari

Gitty Daneshvari

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As a child Gitty Daneshvari talked and talked and talked. Whether yammering at her sister through a closed door or bombarding her parents with questions while they attempted to sleep, she absolutely refused to stop chattering until finally there was no one left to listen. In need of an outlet for her thoughts, Gitty began writing and she hasn't stopped since.

Gitty is the author of the middle grade series SCHOOL OF FEAR, SCHOOL OF FEAR 2: CLASS IS NOT DISMISSED and SCHOOL OF FEAR 3: THE FINAL EXAM (Little Brown For Young Readers). She is also the author of the new MONSTER HIGH series GHOULFRIENDS FOREVER (Little Brown For Young Readers) and the adult romantic comedy THE MAKEDOWN (Grand Central).

She currently lives in New York City with her highly literate English bulldog Harriet. And yes she still talks too much.

www.gittydaneshvari.com

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
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BRILLIANT!!!!!!!! My kids LOVE THIS
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BRILLIANT!!!!!!!! My kids LOVE THIS
This is so clever and funny and my kids absolutely love this series. Love it!
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LMG
5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT!!!!!!!! My kids LOVE THIS
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2023
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This is so clever and funny and my kids absolutely love this series. Love it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT!!!!!!!! My kids LOVE THIS
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2023
This is so clever and funny and my kids absolutely love this series. Love it!
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Jodie
5.0 out of 5 stars This book was such a fun read for myself and my kids
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2015
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WOW! This book was such a fun read for myself and my kids! We are giving this to everyone we know as a holiday book! Such a fan of Gitty Daneshvari's books and think she is on track to become the next JK Rowling!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2016
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my daughter really liked this book and wants to read the next in the series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2015
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Court S
5.0 out of 5 stars HUMOR & HEART!
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2015
Gitty Daneshvari's books always have incredible humor and incredible heart. I loved this book so much that I wrote it into a book I was working on, and I passed it on to my 9 year old friend Avery, herself an avid reader, who read it in a day and put THE LEAGUE OF UNEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN on her shelf of favorites.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Flashlight worthy!
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2016
My 8-year old tore through this book in 2 days. She thought it was hilarious. She kept reading me the "funny parts" and from what I heard, the writing is super witty and fluid. I love finding books for her that are "flashlight" (hiding under the covers after bedtime) worthy!
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Suad
3.0 out of 5 stars Quite unexceptional
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2015
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This was an OK book. It wasn't as exciting as I expected it to be, given the title and premise. I felt like the author, although having tried, did a poor job in creating this spectacular world where "unexceptional" (i.e. very ordinary, average) children were being recruited and trained to go on really important missions. It was a quick, easy read, but not great.

Two kids are recruited and given very little background with very little explanation and very little time to train before they are off on a mission to save the Vice President of the United States, who was kidnapped earlier.

The thing is, although these kids are unexceptional and the whole premise of the book is based on unexceptional children, as a reader, you need something a little extra to make us want to read about those boring, average characters and become invested in their journey and mission. Daneshvari tried to give us that for sure, and perhaps succeeded on some level, enough to make me read through the book really quickly and like it well enough, but not enough to make me want to read any of her other books ever again.

I felt like a lot of it was an attempt at copying Lemony Snicket's style of writing. The quirkiness, and over explaining things, the peculiar characters, and the portrayal of the mysteries and how they went about solving them were all very similar to Snicket's style, and that put me off quite a bit.

An OK read. No more, no less.
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Hope Sloper
4.0 out of 5 stars You find out, rather quickly, that the unexceptionals, are actually exceptional.
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2015
The moment I read the title of this book, I knew Laila was going to enjoy it. I was elated upon approval to read and review this book.
“The description of the book doesn’t do it justice. It’s way cooler than what that description said, mom,” Laila told me when we finished reading it. I agree. When we read books like this, the one chapter a night rule is a real bummer. If I didn’t have that rule in place, we would have read it all in one sitting.
You find out, rather quickly, that the unexceptionals, are actually exceptional, but in a very different way. Jonathan and Shelly are quite the pair. Shelly was by far our favorite of the duo, but we loved Jonathan too.
Living close to Washington D.C., where the story takes place, made the book that much more enjoyable for us. The whole novel from start-to-finish was an exciting, and fun read for both Laila and I. We laughed every single chapter. She really enjoyed the "Top Secret" bits.
As far as reading it goes, Laila would get caught on the dialog tags, which was an odd thing. At one point she asked me, “What happened to good ole’ he said-she said?” To which I had no reply. Other than that, it was easy for her to read and follow. The ending led us to believe this might be a series in the making, and both of us are excited at the thought.
Both Laila and I agree, this book gets four stars and a big thumbs up because kid spies are cool.
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