Millicent Min, Girl Genius
| Author | Lisa Yee |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | Englis |
| Genre | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Arthur A. Levine Books |
Publication date | October 1, 2003 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 256 pp (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-439-34257-0 |
| OCLC | 51009159 |
| LC Class | PZ7.H62964 Ki 2004 |
Millicent Min, Girl Genius is a 2003 children's novel by Lisa Yee. The author's first published book, it is about a girl genius named Millicent Min who attends high school in the fictional town of Rancho Rosetta, California. This young girl has a lot of trouble in her social circle. She is an 11-year-old genius but she has no friends. To make things worse, she has to go for volleyball. She also has to tutor her arch enemy Stanford Wong who almost flunked sixth grade. Then Millicent meets nice Emily Ebers, a fellow volleyball victim, but thinks that to become her friend she has to hide the fact that she is smart.
In the companion books, Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time and So Totally Emily Ebers, this situation is shown from the other children's points of view.
Awards & nominations
- Sid Fleischman Humor Award 2004
- Publishers Weekly Flying Start
- CCBC Choice
- Bank Street Book of the Year 2004
- International Reading Association Children's Choice
- 2005-2006 Texas Lone Star List Nominee
- The Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee
- Georgia Book Award Nominee
- Garden State Book Awards Nominee
- Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award Nominee
- Nevada Young Readers Award Nominee
- Nene Award Nominee (Hawaii)
- Insinglass Teen Award Nominee (New Hampshire)
- Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee - Pacific Northwest Library Association
- South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee