Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd

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The Baby-Sitters Club meets Kelly Yang in this first book in a sparkling middle grade series about a young Korean American girl who starts a business with her best friends to support her artistic dreams.

Jiyoung Gigi Shin loves to create, from her zany outfits to self-executed haircuts. She dreams of becoming an artist and doodles every chance she getsat school instead of taking notes, in choir instead of singing, and at home instead of homework. Art is her way of escaping her boring life in suburban Middle of Nowhere, Texas. Unfortunately, her working class, immigrant parents want her to focus on her studies and pursue something more practical. Gigi only really feels like herself in art class and at lunch with her best friends, Carolina and Zeina.

When Gigi learns about an elite art camp on the east coast, shes determined to go. But she knows her parents wont let her, much less pay for it. After overhearing her little brother Tommy complain about how hard math is and how his teacher goes too fast for him, Gigi has a brilliant idea: forming a tutoring club with her friends to make enough money for the art camp.

With Carolina, Zeina, and Carolinas friend, Emma, the girls go all in, each with a reason for wanting the business to succeed. But the first few sessions with their classmates are a little chaotic, and Gigi wonders if she will end up sacrificing more than she bargained for to achieve her dreams.

Author Bio

Lyla Lee is the bestselling author of young adult novels likeIll Be the OneandFlip the Script. She also writesthe Mindy Kim seriesfor younger readers and theGigi Shin booksfor the middle school crowd. Her books have been translated into multiple languages around the world. Born in South Korea, shes since then lived in various cities throughout the United States. Inspired by her English teacher, she started writing her own stories in fourth grade and finished her first novel at the age of fourteen. After working various jobs in Hollywood and studying Psychology and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, she now lives in Dallas, Texas. Visit Lyla atLylaLeeBooks.comor on social media (Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok@LiteraryLyla).