Yee knows how to make her characters live an breathe and she certainly does this here. However, even though the themes were heavy and Maybe has many trials (including an attempted rape)the book comes off as farce. At the end I could imagine all the characters joining hands and taking a deep bow...
I liked the premise -- male character is a middle child boy raised by ex-football star now stay at home dad (whose oldest daughter inherited the football genes) and busy enterpreneurial mom, and he is obviously confused about his place in life and necessarily changing relationship to his best fri...
I love Lisa Yee's books and am envious of her ability to create such lovable, believable characters. This book is sort of the 4th book in a series, if you want to call it that, that started with 'Milicent Min, Girl Genius.' Each book tells the story of a different person (they all know each other...
My 6yo chose this one at the library, and had at least paged through before I started reading it at night as she knew where all the pictures were. She says she liked the the message about helping animals and now wants to learn to surf.My 4yo got bored as there aren't enough pictures compared to ...
I liked this book WAY more then Aloha Kanani. It was probably my most favorite American Girl Book of all time. One thing I didn't really like that much, is that there was WAY too much drama that kind of got in the way of the story. I really enjoyed the book, don't get me wrong, but I was just not...
Stanford Wong is in big trouble--or as he would spell it, "trubble"--in this laugh-out-loud companion to the award-winning MILLICENT MIN, GIRL GENIUS and this season's HC, EMILY EBERS.Stanford Wong is having a bad summer. If he flunks his summer-school English class, he won't pass sixth grade. If...