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* PeerAsTeacher: Millicent is forced to tutor her cousin Stanford Wong, who is also eleven, after he almost flunks sixth grade. Neither is happy with the situation but she does help him improve his grades.
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* TheFashionista: Emily is really into brand-name clothing and keeping up with the latest styles. Unfortunately, this earns her the attention of AlphaBitch Julie.
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* AlphaBitch: Part of the plot of ''So Totally Emily Ebers'' revolves around the eponymous protagonist being sucked into the web of one of these, a girl named Julie, particularly during the time when she and Millie are on the outs due to Emily finding out Millie lied to her. She eventually sees the light after Julie manipulates her into buying half a dozen expensive purses for her and her GirlPosse.
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* CallingParentsByTheirName: In ''So Totally Emily Ebers'', Emily's mother suggests that Emily call her Alice as part of her attempt to redefine herself and her relationship with Emily after her divorce. At the end of the book, when they've come to understand each other better and her mom has reached some level of equilibrium, Emily tells her that she misses calling her mother Mom, and her mother admits the whole thing was silly and tells Emily she can call her Mom if she wants to.
* FirstPeriodPanic: Downplayed with Emily, who gets her first period while on Neighborhood Watch patrol with her mother. Given the context, she's initially spooked to see blood on her shorts thinking she might have been shot or something, but calms down when she realizes what's going on. She is, however, ''mortified'' when she runs into Stanford at the store while shopping for pads.
* GradeSkipper: Millie started high school at 9 years old.
* FirstPeriodPanic: Downplayed with Emily, who gets her first period while on Neighborhood Watch patrol with her mother. Given the context, she's initially spooked to see blood on her shorts thinking she might have been shot or something, but calms down when she realizes what's going on. She is, however, ''mortified'' when she runs into Stanford at the store while shopping for pads.
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* HiddenDepths: The books told from Stanford's and Emily's points of view reveal complicated backstories and motivations to both characters that aren't evident in the original.
* IdiotBall: Emily's father gave a 12-year-old a credit card with only vague guidance on how to use it. What did he ''think'' was going to happen?
* IdiotBall: Emily's father gave a 12-year-old a credit card with only vague guidance on how to use it. What did he ''think'' was going to happen?
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* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Emily is upset that her father never calls or writes to her. Initially she justifies it as him being so busy doing some amazing thing that he doesn't have time, but she's eventually forced to admit he's just immature and doesn't care enough to make the effort.
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* AsianAndNerdy: Millicent is Chinese, good at academics, and has no SocialSkills. Inverted with Stanford, who is a BookDumb jock, despite being also Chinese.
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* AsianAndNerdy: Millicent is Chinese, good at academics, and has no SocialSkills.NoSocialSkills. Inverted with Stanford, who is a BookDumb jock, despite being also Chinese.
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%%* NaiveEverygirl: Emily.
%%* BumblingDad: Millicent has one.
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''Millicent Min, Girl Genius'' is Lisa Yee's first book about an eleven and a half year old 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's 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 she meets someone named Emily Ebers. Millicent has to hide the fact that she's so smart, she has to put up with a cretin like Stanford and go through volleyball.
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''Millicent Min, Girl Genius'' is Lisa Yee's first book about an eleven and a half year old 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's 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 Wong, who almost flunked sixth grade. Then she meets someone named Emily Ebers. Millicent has to hide the fact that she's so smart, she has to put up with a cretin like Stanford and go through volleyball.
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* NaiveEverygirl: Emily.
* BumblingDad: Millicent has one.
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* JerkJock: Stanford, although he becomes more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold at the end.
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There are two companion books from other characters' points-of-view: ''Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time'' and ''So Totally Emily Ebers''.
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* AsianAndNerdy: Millicent.
* BumblingDad: Millicent has one.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Played straight.
* JerkJock: Stanford, although he becomes more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold at the end.
* LittleMissSnarker: Millicent.
* NaiveEverygirl: Emily.
* BumblingDad: Millicent has one.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Played straight.
* JerkJock: Stanford, although he becomes more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold at the end.
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Millicent Min, Girl Genius is Lisa Yee's first book about an eleven and a half year old 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's 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 she meets someone named Emily Ebers. Millicent has to hide the fact that she's so smart, she has to put up with a cretin like Stanford and go through volleyball.
!!Tropes found in this work:
* TeenGenius: Millicent, of course.
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!!Tropes found in this work:
* TeenGenius: Millicent, of course.
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