 First edition | |
| Author | Lisa Yee |
|---|---|
| Language | English Or Spanish (there are different versions.) |
| Genre | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Arthur A. Levine Books |
Publication date | October 1, 2003 |
| Publication place | United States |
| 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 centers around 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, hated by her peers and fellow students, she's an 11-year-old genius with no friends. To make things worse, she has to play volleyball and tutor her arch-enemy, Stanford Wong, who's flunking sixth grade. Then Millicent meets the nice Emily Ebers, a fellow volleyball victim, who has recently moved to California. Befriending Emily, Millicent thinks that to become her friend she has to hide the fact that she's smart and begins to invoke a series of lies. The rest of the novel is spent with Millicent trying to keep her secret from Emily while also having to deal with other problems such as her Grandmother Maddie moving away and having to deal with Stanford, especially when he finds out about Emily and befriends her as well.
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.