{"product_id":"cilla-lee-jenkins-future-author-extraordinaire-book-susan-tan-9781626725515","title":"Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCilla Lee-Jenkins is 50% Chinese, 50% Caucasian, and 100% destined for literary greatness  In this middle grade novel, she shares stories about a new sibling, being biracial, and her destiny as a future author extraordinaire.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeartwarming and poignant  Meeting Cilla felt like making a new best friend.\u003c\/b\u003e --Grace Lin, bestselling author of Newbery Honor book \u003ci\u003eWhere the Mountain Meets the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e and National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eWhen the Sea Turned to Silver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePriscilla Cilla Lee-Jenkins is on a tight deadline. Her baby sister is about to be born, and Cilla needs to become a bestselling author before her family forgets all about her. So she writes about what she knows best--herself  And Cilla has a lot to write about: How did she deal with being bald until the age of five? How did she overcome her struggles with reading? How do family traditions with Grandma and Granpa Jenkins differ from family traditions with her Chinese grandparents, Nai Nai and Ye Ye? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by Susan Tan and illustrated by Dana Wolfekotte, \u003ci\u003eCilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel bursting with love and humor, as told through a bright, irresistible biracial protagonist who will win your heart and make you laugh. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss the sequel \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCilla Lee-Jenkins: This Book Is a Classic \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eCilla-Lee Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis story has everything. An irresistible voice, a cast of authentic characters, a hilarious and whip-smart heroine. Also . . . some spectacular baldness and TIME TRAVEL  Cilla Lee-Jenkins is brilliant. Her struggles may seem ordinary, but they're also extraordinary, exquisite, and very very important. --Kate Beasley, author of\u003ci\u003e Gertie's Leap to Greatness \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCilla's empathy, candor, and skill at turning a phrase indicates that her claim to be a future author extraordinaire is completely justified . . . Anyone who spends time with Cilla Lee-Jenkins will look forward to reading her in the future. --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cilla Lee-Jenkins] is 50% Chinese, 50% Caucasian and I think 100% wonderful . . . I suspect young readers will want to reach into the pages and hug her  --Rachel Renee Russell, #1 New York Times bestselling author \u003ci\u003eof Dork Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, for Omnivoracious.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCilla Lee-Jenkins is the kind of book you can't wait to share. There's humor and heartache, and future writers of all kinds will see themselves in Cilla. But above all, this is a book just bursting with love. --Kate Milford, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGreenglass House\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI challenge anyone to read this book and not fall in love with Cilla Lee-Jenkins. With the spunk of Ivy and Bean and the heart of Ramona Quimby, she's a charmer from start to finish of this laugh-out-loud-funny book. --I. W. 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