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Lisa Yee

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[Wikipedia] Lisa Yee is a Chinese American writer and the author of Millicent Min, Girl Genius (2003), Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time (2005) and So Totally Emily Ebers (2007). The three books are a part of a trilogy, summarizing the three pre-teens' experiences in Rancho Rosetta in the summer. An additional book

Quotes by Lisa Yee

I get letters from adults saying that they love the books because they are more in-depth with characterization than the comics. The…

Book

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“I think that the only real way to tell if a boy like likes you is to be direct. None of this…

Humor

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“What my parents kept failing to understand was how happy I was when I was alone with my books. There was no…

Book

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“Gus and I talk about girls a lot, but we can't figure them out. They are so confusing. Like, if you look…

Truth

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Anything is possible in the superhero world.

Anything is possible

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“Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being…

Busyness

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At first I was thinking of it as superheroes who happened to be teenagers. Then I realized, no, I'm writing about teenagers…

Changed

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As a writer, my job is to think of evil ways to destroy the world and save it. What could be more…

Evil

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