Millicent Min, Girl Genius (The Millicent Min Trilogy, Book 1)

Lisa Yee

Apr 2015 · Sold by Scholastic Inc.

About this ebook

Who would have thought being smart could be so hard (and funny)?

Millicent Min is having a bad summer. Her fellow high school students hate her for setting the curve. Her fellow 11-year-olds hate her for going to high school. And her mother has arranged for her to tutor Stanford Wong, the poster boy for Chinese geekdom. But then Millie meets Emily. Emily doesn't know Millicent's IQ score. She actually thinks Millie is cool. And if Millie can hide her awards, ignore her grandmother's advice, swear her parents to silence, blackmail Stanford, and keep all her lies straight, she just might make her first friend.What's it going to take? Sheer genius.

Ratings and reviews

FYI Contains: Fatshaming, Racism, Bullying, Millicent Min, Girl Genius starts with a resume and goals that Millie has for herself that is scarily impressive and intimidating, especially given she's ELEVEN. She's in a difficult spot, light years ahead of most people intellectually but having a hard time as socially and physically awkward. She is like the definition of innocently adorkable with her well meaning but defeating "pep talks" and not getting A LOT of references. Emily is Jewish, bigger than average (though it doesn't really specify), calls her mom Alice, and her parents are in the middle of a divorce. Stanford is the one in summer school for flunking English, rivals with Millie, and all around cool basketball star jock. There's brief first period conversation that really hit home since my daughter recently had hers. It felt a bit like Harriet the Spy and Genius: The Disney Original Movie, which is great because I loved both growing up. I was a tad frustrated with Millie towards the end with not getting it and wanted to scream "EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IS A THING". She's good on psychology, but this never comes up?!? The one minor thing that I was really hoping would come up in the next book. The drama is a bit predictable, but great nonetheless. There's TONS of character progression all around. I don't even think a single person remains the same as they started. After finishing I immediately went looking for the next book for the series. Turns out it isn't strictly a series, but there are companion books for Stanford and Emily. I will absolutely be checking out these as well.

About the author

Lisa Yee's novels include Millicent Min, Girl Genius; Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time (an ALA Notable Book); the Bobby chapter book series, and most recently, Warp Speed. She is also the author of the American Girl books Good Luck, Ivy!, Aloha, Kanani and Good Job, Kanani. Please visit her website at www.lisayee.com.