New Releases by Lisa YEE

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.

Lisa Yee gives us her most fascinating flawed genius since Millicent Min. Higgs Boson Bing has seven days left before his perfect high school career is completed. Then it''s on to Harvard to fulfill the fantasy portrait of success that he and his parents have cultivated for the past four years. Four years of academic achievement. Four years of debate championships. Two years of dating the most popular girl in school. It was, literally, everything his parents could have wanted. Everything they wanted for Higgs''s older brother Jeffrey, in fact. But something''s not right. And when Higgs''s girlfriend presents him with a seemingly innocent hypothetical question about whether or not he''d give her a kidney . . . the exposed fault lines reach straight down to the foundations of his life. . . .

With the hilarious adventures of Bobby Ellis-Chan, Lisa Yee and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat bring their gifts for finding the funny (and the truth) in everyday situations to chapter-book readers. All of Bobby Ellis-Chan''s problems in life can be summed up in one word: GIRLS.There''s his sister Casey, who has a weird obsession with Bobby''s goldfish, Rover.There''s Jillian Zarr, who gets mad every time a boy even looks at her.Most of all, there''s Holly Harper, Bobby''s ex-best friend. Who is now, for some reason, Jillian''s best friend. She used to like frogs and rolling down the hill; now she wears dresses and straightens her hair. Holly''s running against Bobby for Student Council representative. She knows all his secrets -- and she just might spill.It''s Bobby vs. Holly, boys vs. girls, in the biggest battle ever to rock Rancho Rosetta!

Lisa Yee returns to her core strength in older middle-grade fiction and the characters that made her famous in this "Diary of a Wimpy Trekkie." Entering 7th grade is no big deal for Marley Sandelski: Same old boring classes, same old boring life. The only thing he has to look forward to is the upcoming Star Trek convention. But when he inadvertently draws the attention of Digger Ronster, the biggest bully in school, his life has officially moved from boring to far too dramatic . . . from invisible to center stage.

From Lisa Yee and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat, a hilarious sequel to Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally). In his last adventure, Bobby Ellis-Chan got stuck to a stinky tree, had underwear attached to his back, and faced down a whole wolfpack of girls. What could be scarier or more humiliating than that? Oh, how about playing sports with his football-hero dad ... a cat with 27 toes ... an asthma attack in public ... dancing on stage in the school musical ... And the list goes on! Bobby will have to overcome his fears if he''s going to come out on top.

Ten-year-old Kanani loves living in beautiful Hawaii-and she especially loves sharing the wonders of her island home with visitors. So when her cousin Rachel from New York comes to stay for a month, Kanani is excited to get to know her. But no matter what she does to help Rachel feel at home, it only seems to make her unhappy instead. Can Kanani find a way to connect with her cousin?

Kanani is excited about selling shave ice to raise money for a cause she cares about. But she also cares about her best friend, Celina - and she promised they would take surfing lessons together. When Kanani can''t make time for Celina, their friendship begins to unravel, and she finds herself spending summer days alone. Will Kanani find a way to make things right?

Lisa Yee makes her YA debut with this hilarious novel about a charm-school dropout who becomes a drop-dead charmer on a quest for her father in California. Meet Maybelline Mary Katherine Mary Ann Chestnut, named for two Miss Americas and her mother Chessy''s favorite brand of mascara. Chessy teaches the students in her charm school her Seven Select Rules for Young Ladies, but she won''t tell Maybe who her real father is -- or protect her from her latest scuzzball boyfriend. So Maybe hitches a ride to California with her friends Hollywood and Thammasat Tantipinichwong Schneider (aka Ted) -- and what she finds there is funny, sad, true, and inspiring . . . vintage Lisa Yee.

Ivy Ling, the middle child in a busy Chinese American household, feels invisible. Her mother has gone back to school to become a lawyer, and her father has two jobs to keep the family afloat. And if that''s not enough, Ivy''s best friend, Julie Albright, has moved to another part of San Francisco. The only place Ivy feels at home is at gymnastics. But this year the big gymnastics tournament is scheduled for the same day as the annual Ling family reunion. Ivy wrestles with a difficult choice. With her brother''s help, Ivy realizes that she can take charge of her own life - and make her own luck.

You can''t get your hands on Troy''s playbook, but you can get your hands on a few key pages! With Troy Aikman NFL Football you get the best of Troy''s favorite Superbowl winning, top secret, straight-from-the-Cowboys-playbook plays. Plus, the game features Troy''s analysis of each NFL team. The full-color book includes coverage of the game on SNES, Genesis and Jaguar--and commentary by Troy.