A fifth-grade genius turns the spotlight on grades - good and bad - in this novel from Andrew Clements, the author of. Nora rose rowley is a genius, but don't tell anyone. She's managed to make it to the fifth grade with...A fifth-grade genius turns the spotlight on grades - good and bad - in this novel from Andrew Clements, the author of. Nora rose rowley is a genius, but don't tell anyone. She's managed to make it to the fifth grade without anyone figuring out that she's not just an ordinary kid, and she wants to keep it that way.