"The Hypnotists" by Gordan Korman
Twelve-year-old
Jackson Opus is descended from two powerful hypnotist bloodlines, but he
has just begun to realize that he can control other peoples' actions
with sometimes frightening results--especially when the head of the
Sentia Institute plans to use Jackson for his own benefit.
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"The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trent Lee Stewart
After passing a series
of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission
that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the
Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.
In a world where
everyone possesses magical abilities, powerless twelve-year-old Abby, an
Ordinary, is sent to a special school to learn how to negotiate a
magical world with her unmagical "disability"--and to avoid becoming a
victim of kidnappers, carnivores, and goblins ready to prey upon the
Ords.
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Eleven-year-old
musical genius Daphna Whispers embarks on a global journey to find her
missing mother, only to uncover a shocking secret about the Blatt School
for the Insanely Gifted where she is a student.
"The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
After learning that
he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea,
twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like
himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between
the gods.
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"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
Rescued from the
outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great
destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and
Witches.
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