A review by nerfherder86
Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee

4.0

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!