Since her parents’ divorce, Emily Ebers hasn’t stopped missing her dad and blaming her mom. Her mom is the one who decided she and Emily were moving across the country to California after all. Emily’s longing comes through clearly in a novel written as a series of letters to her dad describing her new life in California. So, too, does her unwillingness to even consider the possibility that her dad might bear some responsibility for her parents’ marriage ending. Emily’s letters reveal her denial through her upbeat, at times painfully funny approach to their relationship. Emily also writes about her developing friendship with a girl named Millicent Min and her burgeoning romance with a boy named Stanford Wong as Yee explores the relationships between and among these three appealing characters first presented in Millicent Min: Girl Genius (Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic, 2003) and then in Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time (Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic, 2005) from Emily’s perspective. Yee deftly balances fine humor with keen insight as Emily’s relationship with her dad and with Millicent and Stanford challenge her ability to admit the truth and, ultimately, to offer forgiveness. (Ages 10–14)

This companion to Millicent Min, Girl Genius introduces us to Emily Ebers, average girl extraordinaire, and brings Lisa Yee's funny, touching story of friendship and family full circle.

Lisa Yee charmed audiences with the hilarious Millicent Min, Girl Genius and revealed another side of the story in Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time. Now readers can meet Millie's best friend and Stanford's big crush! After her parents' divorce, Emily Ebers had to move to California with her mom. Now she writes letters to her rock-star dad about travel ("How did the pioneers do it? Did they have to ride with their mothers?"), her new friends, and how much she misses him -- though she does still have his credit card.... Emily Ebers may be starting over, but she's going to come out on top.