"Meeting Cilla felt like making a new best friend." —Grace Lin, bestselling author of Newbery Honor book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Priscilla "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! Stories from her bestselling memoir, Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire, include:
- How she dealt with being bald until she was five
- How she overcame her struggles with reading
- How family traditions with her Grandma and Grandpa Jenkins and her Chinese grandparents, Nai Nai and Ye Ye, are so different
Debut author Susan Tan has written a novel bursting with love and humor, as told through a bright, irresistible biracial protagonist who will win your heart and make you laugh.
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2017
2017 Asian Pacific American Library Association Honor Book
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- Susan Tan - Author
- Dana Wulfekotte - Illustrator
Kindle Book
- Release date: March 28, 2017
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781626725522
- File size: 48891 KB
- Release date: March 28, 2017
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- ISBN: 9781626725522
- File size: 48891 KB
- Release date: March 28, 2017

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ATOS Level:5.2
Lexile® Measure:940
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:4-6
"Meeting Cilla felt like making a new best friend." —Grace Lin, bestselling author of Newbery Honor book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Priscilla "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! Stories from her bestselling memoir, Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire, include:
- How she dealt with being bald until she was five
- How she overcame her struggles with reading
- How family traditions with her Grandma and Grandpa Jenkins and her Chinese grandparents, Nai Nai and Ye Ye, are so different
Debut author Susan Tan has written a novel bursting with love and humor, as told through a bright, irresistible biracial protagonist who will win your heart and make you laugh.
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2017
2017 Asian Pacific American Library Association Honor Book

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Details
Publisher:
Roaring Brook Press
Kindle Book
Release date: March 28, 2017
OverDrive Read
ISBN: 9781626725522
File size: 48891 KB
Release date: March 28, 2017
EPUB ebook
ISBN: 9781626725522
File size: 48891 KB
Release date: March 28, 2017
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Creators
- Susan Tan - Author
- Dana Wulfekotte - Illustrator
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Formats
Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
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Languages
English
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Levels
ATOS Level: 5.2
Lexile® Measure: 940
Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty: 4-6
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Reviews
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