Cilla LeeJenkins: The Epic Story (Cilla LeeJenkins, 3),Used

About the AuthorSusan Tan has lived many places in her life, but calls Concord, Massachusetts, home. She grew up in a mixedrace family, and, like Cilla LeeJenkins, had very little hair until the age of five. After studying at Williams College, she earned her PhD from the University of Cambridge, where she studied children's literature. She currently lives in Somerville, enjoys frequent trips to Chinatown to eat tzuck sang, and teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Cilla LeeJenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire is her first book.Dana Wulfekotte is a childrens book author, illustrator, and animator. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Queens with her boyfriend and two rabbits (whom she now regrets not naming Supernova and Sparkledust). She is the illustrator of the Cilla LeeJenkins books, The Remember Balloons, and her own authored Rabbit & Possum.Product DescriptionCilla LeeJenkins returns to pursue her dreams of becoming a successful author while dealing with her ChineseAmerican family in Cilla LeeJenkins: The Epic Story by writer Susan Tan and illustrator Dana Wulfekotte.Anyone who spends time with Cilla LeeJenkins will look forward to reading her in the future. Booklist, starred review, on Cilla LeeJenkins: Future Author ExtraordinairePricilla Cilla LeeJenkins has already written a 'Bestseller' and a 'Classic'now its time for her to write an Epic Story. Epics are all about brave heroes overcoming Struggles to save the world, and this year, Cilla is facing her toughest struggles yet: Cilla is in fifth grade and, unlike her classmates, not at all ready to start middle school She has two younger sisters to look after now and they don't exactly get along Her beloved grandfather YeYe has had a stroke and forgotten his English, and its up to Cilla to help him find his words againWith humor, heart, and her mighty pen Cilla LeeJenkins will use her powers to vanquish every foe (the mean girls in her class), help every citizen (especially Ye Ye), and save the world.ReviewCilla LeeJenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire:Anyone who spends time with Cilla LeeJenkins will look forward to reading her in the future. Booklist, starred reviewTan writes in a fun and spunky voice that brings to mind favorite characters such as Junie B. Jones, Ramona Quimby, and Fancy Nancy but is still all her own. School Library Journal[Cilla LeeJenkins] 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 of Dork Diaries, for Omnivoracious.comMeeting Cilla felt like making a new best friend. I cant wait to share the book with my own daughter. Grace Lin, author of Newbery Honor book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to SilverTheres 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, New York Timesbestselling author of Greenglass HouseThis story has everything: an irresistible voice, a cast of authentic characters, and a hilarious and whipsmart heroine . . . Cilla LeeJenkins is brilliant. Kate Beasley, author of Gerties Leap to GreatnessI challenge anyone to read this book and not fall in love with Cilla LeeJenkins. With the spunk of Ivy and Bean and the heart of Ramona Quimby, shes a charmer from start to finish of this laughoutloudfunny book. I. W. Gregorio, author of None of the Above