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kncunnin's review against another edition
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
magicaltats's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the character's voice in this one and it was just a fun YA book.
heathermassareads's review against another edition
3.0
Well, Millicent Min is one of those books that I liked reading, but I don't know that the intended audience would like reading it. She's a genius, so she thinks and talks like a brilliant adult, and the translation between her being eleven and trying to act eleven was funny probably only to someone who is not eleven.
authorlisaard's review against another edition
5.0
Millie is an 11-year old genius. She's started taking college classes. She prefers books to toys. Clearly she's intelligent, but she's not always smart when it comes to relationships. Kids her own age thing she's freaky. Older students don't want to hang out with a kid. So when Millie meets Emily, she withholds her IQ to keep the friendship going. Perhaps not her smartest move...
Lisa Yee has written a funny, heartwarming story. Readers will love Millie's smart, confident, sometimes off-kilter voice. Supporting characters - her all-seeing grandma, her kooky parents, and the boy Millie tutors, are strongly written. I highly recommend this book.
Lisa Yee has written a funny, heartwarming story. Readers will love Millie's smart, confident, sometimes off-kilter voice. Supporting characters - her all-seeing grandma, her kooky parents, and the boy Millie tutors, are strongly written. I highly recommend this book.
feklhr's review against another edition
5.0
Genre: Fiction Reading level: Ages 9-12
It’s lonely at the top! Millicent, an adolescent in high school, is thrilled to begin her college career with a summer class. She is sure that the stigma of being a genius will fade as she enters academic paradise. Fearless when it comes to tests, she is horribly awkward when at the art of making friends. Adored by her eccentric family, Millicent is often embarrassed by their antics. When she is forced into volleyball and tutoring to round out her summer, our girl genius is destined to learn some lessons not taught in books. This novel has been nominated for many awards. Older children can definitely relate to Millicent as she struggles with relationships, family, and friends. Her wit and droll observations about others will have the reader laughing out loud. Lisa Yee has written a companion novel, Stanford Wong Flunks Big-time, from the perspective of the jock Millicent is forced to tutor. These two titles offer a unique opportunity to discuss differing viewpoints in a book group.
Other books about lonely adolescents:
Gossamer, Lois Lowry
Island of the blue dolphin, Scott O’Dell
James and the giant peach, Roald Dahl
It’s lonely at the top! Millicent, an adolescent in high school, is thrilled to begin her college career with a summer class. She is sure that the stigma of being a genius will fade as she enters academic paradise. Fearless when it comes to tests, she is horribly awkward when at the art of making friends. Adored by her eccentric family, Millicent is often embarrassed by their antics. When she is forced into volleyball and tutoring to round out her summer, our girl genius is destined to learn some lessons not taught in books. This novel has been nominated for many awards. Older children can definitely relate to Millicent as she struggles with relationships, family, and friends. Her wit and droll observations about others will have the reader laughing out loud. Lisa Yee has written a companion novel, Stanford Wong Flunks Big-time, from the perspective of the jock Millicent is forced to tutor. These two titles offer a unique opportunity to discuss differing viewpoints in a book group.
Other books about lonely adolescents:
Gossamer, Lois Lowry
Island of the blue dolphin, Scott O’Dell
James and the giant peach, Roald Dahl
readoodles's review against another edition
4.0
Millicent Kwan is in high school but she’s only 11 years old. Friends are hard to come by and she depends on her friendship with her grandmother. But her grandmother is going to travel and Millie feels lost. In diary entries Millicent describes her summer:
learning to play volleyball which her mother signed her up for
tutoring a boy she despises, which her mother arranged for
Then Millie meets a new girl, Emily, while playing volleyball. Millie doesn’t tell Emily about her high IQ, and makes her first friend. But will they still be friends if Emily learns Millicent is a girl genius?
learning to play volleyball which her mother signed her up for
tutoring a boy she despises, which her mother arranged for
Then Millie meets a new girl, Emily, while playing volleyball. Millie doesn’t tell Emily about her high IQ, and makes her first friend. But will they still be friends if Emily learns Millicent is a girl genius?
kimbongiorno's review against another edition
5.0
An ageless story that’s funny and relatable. Keep putting this in the hands of middle schoolers.
katcanwrite's review against another edition
5.0
Millicent Min is, well, a girl genius. Getting to spend a summer alongside Millicent as she navigates turning twelve, starting her first college class, playing volleyball for the first time, tutoring Stanford Wong, AND making a new friend is a great time. Millie sometimes needs to know when to stop thinking with her bookish sense and more to start thinking with her "common" sense, but overall, she's a fun narrator to spend some time with. Definitely recommend this one to readers who might not 100% love sports (I can relate to your volleyball feelings, Millicent!)
sheblabbers's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0