-
WHAT I'M READING NOW
Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee
Certified genius Millicent Min has problems. Sure, her parents have finally consented to let her take a college poetry class over the summer (even though Millie is not yet 12). But it turns out college kids aren't her peers--they're as dumb and lazy as her nemesis, Stanford. If Millie can just keep her brilliance a secret from Emily, Millie's first real friend, and manage to keep Emily and Stanford from smooching (ick!), things might turn out OK. Yee's first novel examines child prodigies from a refreshing angle, allowing nongeniuses to laugh appreciatively at the ups and downs of being a whiz kid.
I highly recommend this book! Millicent can be a pain at times, but she's also very charming. And I love how she changes over the course of the story.
COOL BOOK WEBSITES
FAVORITE WRITING ADVICE
There are three rules for writing the novel, unfortunately, no one knows what they are--Somerset Maugham
Write what you care about--Anne Perry
Poco a poco la hormiga come el elefante. (Bit by bit the ant eats the elephant)--folk saying
FAVORITE WEBSITES ON THE ROAD TO PUBLICATION
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Publisher's Weekly: Children's Book Shelf
FAVORITE BLOGS
READERS AND WRITERS
Great YA books with LGBT characters:
- THE GEOGRAPHY CLUB
by Brent Hartinger - HARD LOVE
by Ellen Wittlinger - BOY MEETS BOY
by David Levithan - ASH
by Malinda Lo - TOTALLY JOE
by James Howe
Other great YA books:
- FAT KIDS RULE THE WORLD
by K.L Going - AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES
by John Green - THE EARTH, MY BUTT, AND OTHER BIG ROUND THINGS
by Carolyn Mackler - SPEAK
Laura Halse Anderson - ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF AN INDIAN
by Sherman Alexie - KING DORK
by Frank Portman
