True Talents is a novel by David Lubar

David Lubar

David Lubar is an author of numerous books for teens. He is also an electronic game programmer, who programmedSuper Breakout for the Nintendo Game Boy, and Frogger for both the SNES and Game Boy. As a game designer, he designed the game Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge for the Nintendo Game Boy Color...

. It's the sequel to Hidden Talents

Hidden Talents (novel)

Hidden Talents, published in 1999, is a novel by author David Lubar. Its sequel is the 2007 novel, True Talents- Summary:Martin Anderson cannot stay out of trouble. He seems to have a natural talent for getting on everyone's bad side. This talent lands him in Edgeview, a last-chance alternative...

. It was published in 2007. The story focuses on 6 children with psychic abilities who are found out by a man named Douglas Bowdler.

Summary

It's been over a year since fourteen-year-old Eddie "Trash" Thalmeyer and his friends from Edgeview Alternative School found out about their special powers. Trash can move things with his mind; Flinch can predict the future; Lucky finds lost objects; Cheater reads minds; Torchie is a fire-starter and Martin can see into people's souls.

They are now back home with their loved ones and are trying to get back to their normal lives, start attending high school and keeping in touch with their Edgeview friends.

When Trash tests his power in the bank, accidentally stealing fistfuls of cash, he is kidnapped by a ruthless leader of an unknown organization trying to gather info on psychic phenomena and willing to do anything to get it. Martin and his friends team up to and use their hidden talents to rescue their friend while each figure out their own true talent in the process.