This document provides an overview of the book series "Gifted" by Marilyn Kaye. It introduces the main characters including Amanda Beeson, Jenna Kelley, and Tracey Devon who each have supernatural abilities. It describes the plot of the first book where Amanda wakes up in Tracey's body and discovers a special class for students with gifts. The document also includes biographies of the author and descriptions of subsequent books in the series that focus on different characters and their abilities.

1. GIFTED
OUT OF SIGHT
OUT OF MIND
This Summer I Read Six Books
One Of Them Was
by
Marilyn Kaye
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2. About the characters
Amanda Beeson
She is pretty, wears great clothes, and is a ‘queen ‘bee,’ one of
the most popular girls at Meadowbrook Middle School.
Unfortunately, she’s also one of the meanest girls at
Meadowbrook. But Amanda has a very interesting reason for
behaving badly to other people. She has to be mean, or she’ll
end up somewhere she doesn’t want to be. Because if
Amanda is too nice, she starts to care – and when Amanda
cares about someone, she finds herself transported into their
body. Bodysnatching is so not cool, and Amanda is
determined to avoid it. So she’s beyond furious when she
accidentally feels sorry for pathetic social outcast Tracey
Devon, and wakes up trapped in Tracey’s body

3. Jenna Kelley
Jenna Kelley looks tough, acts tough and tries to think
tough, though it’s not easy when your mom is an alcoholic
and your dad is nowhere to be found. The other kids at
Meadowbrook think she’s a criminal, a juvenile
delinquent, and hey – they’re not completely wrong.
Jenna runs with a bad crowd, even if she’s not so bad
herself. With her secret mind-reading ability, Jenna stays
one step ahead of everyone. She’s the first person to spot
that Tracey Devon isn’t quite herself these days. If
Amanda wants to get back to her own life, she’ll need
Jenna’s help – and Jenna isn’t big on being helpful

4. Other Characters
From The Class
 Emily Sanders is a dreamy, distant girl, and teachers often scold her for not
paying attention. But if they knew what Emily was dreaming about, they might
have a little more respect for her – because Emily gets visions of the future. OK,
so they’re not always one hundred percent accurate, but she’s working on it. The
main problem is that no one ever seems to believe her – but how can Emily
convince anyone when she can’t even believe herself?
 Ken Preston seems to be the kind of boy who has it all. He’s smart, he’s athletic,
he’s good-looking, and he’s got a bright future. But Ken’s hiding a big secret –
something that makes him different from everyone else. After an accident killed
his best friend, Ken started hearing voices – and the people talking are all dead.
He may hate his gift, but there’s no denying that now and then, it can come in
handy.
 Tracey Devon is the kind of girl you have to feel sorry for. She’s shy, she’s
nervous, and she seems to have a serious inferiority complex – not to mention
the fact that her fashion choices are nothing short of tragic. Nobody seems to
notice her, and for a very good reason! Tracey is so used to being ignored, she’s
developed the ability to disappear completely. But will she be able to control her
gift, or will she turn invisible forever

5. Other characters
from the class
 Charles Temple has been in a wheelchair since he was a baby. He’s
never been able to walk, and he’s pretty angry about that. But being in a
wheelchair doesn’t stop him from doing anything he wants. Charles has
developed a special compensation for his disability: the ability to move
things with his mind! Unfortunately, he tends to use his gift to get
revenge on people who are mean to him, or to make himself more
popular by cheating at sport. One of these days, Charles is going to
learn that his gift is too powerful to take lightly.
 Sarah Miller has curly black hair, a heart-shaped face, and the sweetest
smile you ever saw. She’s kind and gentle and well-behaved. But she’s
also the most dangerous girl in the whole school. Maybe in the whole
world. Sarah’s gift is to control other people. Completely. She can make
them do whatever she wants. And because she knows just how much
trouble she could cause, Sarah won’t use her gift. Ever. Not even when
she really should . . .

6. Other Characters
From The Class
 Martin Cooper is small for his age. He’s also very skinny. And he
doesn’t have a great personality either. He’s had a problem in the
past with other students teasing and bullying him, but somehow,
the bullying seems to have stopped lately – maybe because
Martin has a secret gift that he’s not so bothered about keeping a
secret. When Martin gets angry, he gets strong – really strong –
and a little bit violent. And he doesn’t mind demonstrating that
to anyone who gets in his way!
 Carter Street is a total mystery. Nobody knows anything about
him – not even his real name. For some reason, he’s been put in
the Gifted class, maybe because no one knows what else to do
with him. Like the others in this group, there may be something
very special about him. But so far, he hasn’t offered a clue as to
why he too should be considered Gifted.

7. About The Book
 Gifted is the latest series by Marilyn Kaye and features a small
class of students at Meadowbrook Middle School Each has a
different supernatural ability, or "Gift", and they all attend a class
to learn to use these abilities, although few people outside the
class know about them. The class teacher, Madame, encourages
the students to work together to use their abilities, particularly as
they are being targeted by a group who wants to control their
abilities to make money. However, the students dislike their
abilities and each other, and are often reluctant to join forces.
 The first book was published in February 2009, with the latest
installment scheduled for publishing September 2010. Although
only six books have so far been announced, each book so far has
focused on a different student, suggesting the series will run to
nine books in total.

8. Biography Of
Marilyn Kaye
 Born in New Britain, Connecticut, but having grown up in Atlanta, Georgia,
best-selling author Marilyn Kaye had lots of ambitions as a child, including
becoming a teacher, a librarian, even the President of the United States, but she
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 While she didn’t achieve all of her goals, she did become a teacher, a librarian,
and most importantly a writer. “I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember.
Growing up, I always kept a diary. I wrote poems, stories, plays, songs, and lots
of letters. Writing wasn’t easy for me, but it felt natural and right.”
 She has written several series for teens, including the international success
Replica, Camp Sunnyside Friends, After-School Club, Out of this World, and
Last on Earth. In 2008, her adaptation of a modern-day fairy tale, Penelope, was
made into a major motion picture starring Christina Ricci. Gifted, published by
Kingfisher, is her most recent series for teens. It focuses on the lives of nine very
special teenagers who have extraordinary secrets.
 Having earned a master’s degree in library science at Emory University and a
Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Chicago, Marilyn taught
children’s and teen literature at St. John’s University in New York for over 20
years. Marilyn currently lives in Paris, France.

9. Other Books Of
Marilyn Kaye
1. Amy, Number 7
2. Pursuing Amy
3. Another Amy
4. Perfect Girls
5. Secret Clique
6. And the Two Shall Meet
7. The Best of the Best
8. Mystery Mother
9. The Fever
10. Ice Cold
11. Lucky Thirteen
12. In Search of Andy
1. The Substitute
2. The Beginning
3. Transformation
4. Happy Birthday, Dear Amy
5. Missing Pieces
6. Return of the Perfect Girls
7. Dreamcrusher
8. Like Father, Like Son
9. Virtual Amy
10. All about Andy:
11. War of the Clones
12. Amy, On Her Own:
13. The Plague Trilogy
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10. What Do I Think
Of The Book ???
 I think that the book is very interesting and gets you
more interested.This is ficional but while you read the
chapters it makes you more interested to know what is
going to happen.
 I will read this series because I want to know how it all
ends because this book got me very interested when I
read the prologue and The end of chapter 1 - because it
had lots of information that makes you more eager to
know how it’s going to end and what the character is
going to do with his gift.

11. Prologue
 Sometimes I look in a mirror and nobody look back.I know I have a
reflection.I just doesn’t see it.Maybe it's all in my mind. Maybe I've got
bad eyesight. Or maybe it's something else. My name is Tracey. Tracey
Devon. Did you get that? TRACEY DEVON. I'm writing this all in
capital letters because it's like talking really loudly. People might pay
more attention. I never speak loudly. In fact, I make very little noise at
all. I'm a quiet person. When I talk, I whisper. When I laugh--which
isn't very often--it's a silent laugh. When I cry, I can feel the tears on my
face, but there's no sound. I’m not a ghost. I'm a living, breathing,
flesh-and-blood 13-year-old girl. All my senses are intact. I have two
arms, two legs, a heart, a brain--all the usual stuff. I've got two eyes, two
ears, one nose, one mouth--and they're all in the right places. I eat,
drink, sleep, and use the toilet, just like everyone else. But sometimes I
look in a mirror and I don't see anyone looking back. Maybe it's my
imagination. Maybe I'm going blind. Or maybe I'm not really here at
all.

12. My Favourite Part
Of The Book She did sleep finally. When she next opened her eyes, there was sunlight
pouring in the window ... which was odd, because her mother always woke her
up when she came in to open the shutters on Amanda's windows. But there was
no one else in the room ...She blinked. Where was her canopy? Why was she
looking at a ceiling? Had she fallen off her bed? Because this didn't feel like her
bed--it was harder. As her eyes began to focus, the first real stirrings of fear
began. She noticed the chest of drawers in front of her. It was yellow, not pink.
And what were those flowered curtains doing at the sides of her window? No ...
not her window. Not her room.She sat up suddenly, and that was when she
noticed her hands. What had happened to her manicure--the nice rosy polish?
Whose stubby, bitten fingernails were these? Her heart was pounding furiously,
but her body moved in slow motion. Lifting legs that weren't her legs. Putting
feet onto the floor, experiencing the new sensation of a carpet instead of a fluffy
rug. Walking toward a mirror that hung above the unfamiliar chest of drawers.
Looking in the mirror and seeing ... Tracey Devon. The reflection stared back at
her, frozen and uncomprehending. The same pale freckled face, greasy hair, and
thin lips that she'd scorned the day before in the cafeteria. The scrawny body,
barely concealed by a thin, babyish nightgown covered in faded pink flowers.
There was no question about it--Amanda Beeson was Tracey Devon

13. Here Is A Trailer
Of The Book Series

14. GIFTED: Book 1
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Queen of Mean Amanda Beeson, 13, gets the shock of
her life when she wakes up one morning to find herself
in the body of one of her victims, Tracey Devon. Amanda
discovers that Tracey, ignored at home and school, has
the ability to become invisible. When Amanda finds
herself in a special class that Tracey usually attends, it
becomes clear that at Meadowbrook Middle School the
definition of “gifted” has a whole other meaning. Can
Amanda rescue her one-time target from obscurity and
get her own life back on track? In order to do so, she will
have to reveal her own startling gift and take her rightful
place among Meadowbrook’s very secret clique.

15. GIFTED: Book 2
Better Late Than Never
Goth girl Jenna Kelley has the ultimate tool to stage a
teenage rebellion: she can read people’s minds without
even trying. When her alcoholic mother is hospitalized,
a stranger shows up who says he’s her long-lost dad and
promises a better future. Too good to be true? Her gifted
classmates think so, but Jenna is so determined to have a
real parent around and a somewhat normal life that she
might have lost her ability to listen.

16. GIFTED: Book 3
Here Today Gone Tomorrow
Shy, dreamy Emily Sanders is able to foresee future
events with the gift of premonitions, but they aren’t
always quite right. With frustration, Emily cannot yet
manage to control her visions or make sense of them,
and the other students usually don’t take her seriously.
As Emily works on controlling her gift and her
premonitions become clearer, her classmates find
themselves in a situation where they are forced to listen
to her, but will it be too late?

17. GIFTED: Book 4
Finders Keepers
Dead people don't make great companions – something
cute, athletic Ken finds out the hard way when,
following an accident on the football field, he starts
hearing ghostly voices. It's not the kind of gift he would
have asked for, but there's nothing he can do about it,
until an anonymous note invites him to a séance.
Completely convinced by the medium he meets, Ken
tries to tell her about his secret. Only his gifted
classmates can save him from revealing the truth – and
finding himself in terrible danger . . .

18. GIFTED: Book 5
Now You See Me
The Gifted class is getting suspicious that there’s a spy in
their midst. The chief suspect is queen-of-mean
Amanda. Tracey and Jenna join forces—and gifts—to try
to find out more. But when mind-reader Jenna is framed
for a crime she didn’t commit and sent to an institution,
Tracey is on her own. Using her ability to become
invisible, Tracey searches for answers and finds out more
than she bargained for . . .

19. GIFTED: Book 6
Speak No Evil
Everyone in the Gifted class has a secret, but Carter
Street is the most mysterious student of all. Nobody
knows anything about him – not even his real name. For
some reason, he’s been put in the Gifted class, maybe
because no one knows what else to do with him. He
never speaks, but the other students suspect that—like
them—there's something going on behind Carter's
blank stare. What they don’t know is that it’s something
dangerous…

20. Bibliography
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Kaye
 http://www.giftedseries.com/thebooks.html

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