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Lisa Yee

Finalist, 2022 National Book Awards

Lisa Yee is the award-winning author of Millicent Min, Girl Genius; Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time; So Totally Emily Ebers; Absolutely Maybe; and many other books, including the DC Super Hero Girls series and numerous American Girl books.
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Maizy Chen’s Last Chance

book cover for Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen’s Last Chance
ISBN 9781984830258 Random House Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House

Welcome to the Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota . . . until now. Her mom’s plan is just to stay for a couple weeks, until her grandfather gets better. But plans change, and as Maizy spends more time in Last Chance (where she and her family are the only Asian Americans) and at the Golden Palace—the restaurant that’s been in her family for generations—she makes some discoveries. More about this book >

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Lisa Yee at the 2022 National Book Awards Finalist Reading

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Lisa Yee

Lisa Yee is the award-winning author of Millicent Min, Girl Genius; Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time; So Totally Emily Ebers; Absolutely Maybe; and many other books, including the DC Super Hero Girls series and numerous American Girl books. Lisa is a third-generation Chinese American. She divides her time between Western Massachusetts and Los Angeles.

(Photo credit: Emi Fujii)

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