Take a photo of a barcode or cover
ashley_dang096 's review for:
Gigi Shin is Not a Nerd
by Lyla Lee
The first in a middle grade series perfect for fans of The Baby-Sitters Club, following a young Korean American girl who starts a tutoring business with her best friends to support her artistic dreams. Being in seventh grade isn't easy, especially when you want to pursue a art program that your parents can't afford and prove to them that you are serious about your career. Jiyoung "Gigi" Shin dreams about being an artist, she lives and breathes art. Yet it's not something her working class, immigrant parents want her to focus on, rather they'd have her pursue a more practical career. So when a prestigious art program appears, Gigi is determined to get in, even if it means starting her own tutoring business with her best friends to raise money... but nothing is ever easy especially when her childhood friend/crush and the most popular boy in school asks her to tutor him... and her friend also likes him. Family drama, crushes, friendship, and being in seventh grade, this was such a charming and cute book. I related so much to Jiyoung as an Asian American kid who wanted to be an artist. This book was adorable and just a really cute read, I will absolutely be reading the rest of the series and can't wait to see what Gigi and her friends get up to next!
*Thanks Netgalley and Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, Aladdin for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*
*Thanks Netgalley and Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, Aladdin for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*