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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
This is a very fun, good, silly book...if you want a quick, uplifting read with a healthy amount of suspense.....here you have it!
Millicent Min is a genius. She's only 11, but about to enter her senior year of high school. For fun this summer she's taking a college level poetry class. And things are fine, really. Her parents are forcing her to take a volleyball class, which is a little annoying. Oh, and she's tutoring Stanford Wong, this jerky kid she can't stand. And pretty much her only friend is her grandma Maddie... but really, things are fine.
Enter Emily Ebers. Millie meets Emily at volleyball and they click instantly. Finally Millicent has a friend her own age! The only problem is that Millicent hasn't told Emily that she's a genius. She's afraid that if she tells Emily that everything will change between them, so she keeps putting it off. But Millie can't put it off forever.... can she?
I really enjoyed this book a lot! I found Millicent's narrative voice to be hilarious because of how seriously she takes herself. I also really liked that it has an Asian American main character, but race is not really much of an issue. The book was fun and funny and touching at the same time, seeing Millicent really begin to grow and realize that there is more to people than brains.
Enter Emily Ebers. Millie meets Emily at volleyball and they click instantly. Finally Millicent has a friend her own age! The only problem is that Millicent hasn't told Emily that she's a genius. She's afraid that if she tells Emily that everything will change between them, so she keeps putting it off. But Millie can't put it off forever.... can she?
I really enjoyed this book a lot! I found Millicent's narrative voice to be hilarious because of how seriously she takes herself. I also really liked that it has an Asian American main character, but race is not really much of an issue. The book was fun and funny and touching at the same time, seeing Millicent really begin to grow and realize that there is more to people than brains.
Impressive--great well-rounded characters. Loved the role of the grandmother Maddie and the way we are so inside Millie's head so we can laugh about how naive she is about social situations. A happy book, nice.
It's the summer before 11 year old Millicent's senior year of high school. She despairs of enjoying her summer when her parents force her to tutor basketball whiz Stanford and join a volleyball team, but she finds friends in unexpected places. Funny and sharp, it's another good look at middle school from an outsider's perspective, much like Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree, but with more humor and a little less heart. Looking forward to the Stanford and Emily companion books.
This is a great laugh out loud book that girls grades 4th-6th would really appreciate. Millie is a genius who feels very out of place in the world around her. When her parents sign her up for volleyball she makes a friend who is finally her age but she doesn't want her to know she is a genius. Good discussion points on accepting yourself, balancing fun and work, and what makes a real friend and a healthy friendship work. Can be read with Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time or by itself.
Millicent Min is a genius, literally. WIth her high IQ she's skipped so many grades that she's now a senior in high school at age 11. In fact this summer she's taking one college course. And it doesn't bother too much, being so different, because she knows she's more mature than the average kids. But she's never had a friend her own age, so when she meets Emily Ebers at the volleyball team practices her mom forced her to join, she decides to hide her intelligence and be "normal." But she can't really do it that successfully; she comes across as just very weird sometimes. And she is SO funny. She has to tutor her arch enemy Stanford Wong, too, and deal with her grandmother's sudden decision to move to England--her grandmother has always been her best friend; how will she get along without her? Told in diary format, this charming book will win you over, and you'll be rooting for Millie to figure things out. First of a great trilogy, where all 3 books take place over the same summer, but each is from a different character's point of view. See [book:Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time] and [book:So Totally Emily Ebers]. A great concept that is really fun to read. You can read them in any order, and if you're like me you'll find yourself flipping back between books to see how she wrote the same story in three different ways, and kept it fresh and funny each time. I can't wait to meet her this Friday at a library conference!
I remember loving this book as a kid. I just want this to be on my GR record even though I haven't read it recently.
Too predictable for me, but very sweet and fun take on the genius kid story.
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Not necessarily recommending that adults go out of their way to read this - but good for the 10/11 year olds, they'll like knowing what's going on before the titular Genius does.