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Stanford Wong Flunks Big-time
by
Lisa Yee (Goodreads Author)
Stanford Wong is in big trouble--or as he would spell it, "trubble"--in this laugh-out-loud companion to the award-winning MILLICENT MIN, GIRL GENIUS and this season's HC, EMILY EBERS.
Stanford Wong is having a bad summer. If he flunks his summer-school English class, he won't pass sixth grade. If that happens, he won't start on the A-team. If *that* happens, his friends wi...more
Stanford Wong is having a bad summer. If he flunks his summer-school English class, he won't pass sixth grade. If that happens, he won't start on the A-team. If *that* happens, his friends wi...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
April 1st 2007
by Scholastic Paperbacks
(first published 2005)
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Chapter book - realistic
For 5th-7th grade
Stanford is looking forward to basketball camp, until he flunks English and spends the summer in school, being tutored, and making unexpected friends in this funny story.
If Stanford doesn't pass English, he can't play on the best basketball team in seventh grade. Which is how he finds himself in summer school instead of at basketball camp, and why the obnoxiously smart Millicent Min is his English tutor. Any reluctant reader will empathize with Stanford's...more
For 5th-7th grade
Stanford is looking forward to basketball camp, until he flunks English and spends the summer in school, being tutored, and making unexpected friends in this funny story.
If Stanford doesn't pass English, he can't play on the best basketball team in seventh grade. Which is how he finds himself in summer school instead of at basketball camp, and why the obnoxiously smart Millicent Min is his English tutor. Any reluctant reader will empathize with Stanford's...more
This book is about a boy named Stanford Wong who is being punished for flunking ( failing ) his English class. He is on the A-Team for the school's basketball team. His coach really wants him to go to some basketbalkl summer camp over the summer. But, unfortunately he can't attend t it because he is flunking English and now he is has to go to summer school to pass the class. I can connect to this book because in 4th grade I was a little non-famous model. Over the summer we took pictures to put...more
Yee, L. (2005). Stanford Wong flunks big-time. New York, New York: Arthur A. Levine Books.
Stanford Wong is a sixth grader who didn’t pass his English class. He has to take summer school with Mr. Glick, notoriously the hardest teacher at school, and pass or else he won’t be able to play on the A-Team (the top tier) in basketball in the fall. Stanford’s parents hire Millicent Min, Stanford’s peer, but who is a genius who takes high school level classes. During the summer, Stanford deals with tryin...more
Stanford Wong is a sixth grader who didn’t pass his English class. He has to take summer school with Mr. Glick, notoriously the hardest teacher at school, and pass or else he won’t be able to play on the A-Team (the top tier) in basketball in the fall. Stanford’s parents hire Millicent Min, Stanford’s peer, but who is a genius who takes high school level classes. During the summer, Stanford deals with tryin...more
I'm not sure if this book or Millicent Min, Girl Genius came first. I read Millicent Min first and liked it, but I think this book is even stronger. Stanford feels like a real middle school kid and his problems seem real too. Parts of this book had me almost in tears, while in other parts I laughed out loud.
I particularly liked Stanford, who's earnest without being stuffy and worried without being a worrier. He has a lot to worry about in addition to his little problem with flunking English and...more
I particularly liked Stanford, who's earnest without being stuffy and worried without being a worrier. He has a lot to worry about in addition to his little problem with flunking English and...more
Stanford Wong is looking forward to going to a highly reputable basketball camp and being the only seventh grader to be on the A-team at school. He feels that his life is over when his English teacher, Mr. Glick, tells him he will fail sixth grade if he doesn’t take English in summer school. As if this isn’t bad enough, Stanford must miss basketball camp to take summer school. He may even be off the basketball team if he doesn’t pass. Plus, his parents are fighting, his work-a-holic father is pe...more
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Like Millicent Min, Girl Genius, this book has distinctly Asian-American characters, but they are not stereotypical. For example, an Asian-American boy named Stanford Wong who is the star of his middle school basketball team and catches the attention of many girls? Not to mention the fact that he's flunking? Definitely not a stereotype (or if it were, it would be a much improved one from the usual stereotypes of Asian-American men)! This book doesn't have as many funny moments as Millicent Min,...more
This book is about a boy named, Stanford Wong who's about to flunk the 6th grade. One thing about Stanford is that his whole world revolves around basketball. If Stanford doesn't pick up his grades he will be forced the quit the basketball team and risk his father getting even more disappointed in him. Another problem about this is that he has to go to summer school and be tutored by his cousin, Millicent. Another big problem about Stanford is that he can't let his friends know he's going to sum...more
I've just read a increadable cook called Stanford Wong fluncks big time,by Lisa Yee. The main character of this book is Stanford Wong. The conflict in this book is how Stanford needs to pass english in order to play his favorite sport basketball. If he doesn't pass the grade he cant play basketball for his school. The setting takes place in a varity of places like Stanford's house, at school, the basketball court and even more places, but the story mostly takes place at school and at home. I lov...more
The book Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time is about a boy Stanford who makes the A-Team in basketball. But he can't play for them because he flunked English. He has to start taking summer school to get his grades up. I enjoyed the book because it sounded like this could happen to any other guy. The author made the story going along with good words and had multiple conflicts in the story. Stanford not passing English really changed the plot from what would have happened if he did pass English. Becaus...more
Basketball or school? Which one is more important? Obviously, school is, but not to Stanford Wong. Basketball is like his life. He can truly express himself freely only on court, but not in the classroom. Clearly, Stanford Wong would be very disappointed if he was told that he had to go to summer school instead of basketball camp.However, academics is really important. Stanford was really reluctant in going to school, but that was the only thing he can do in order to move on the 7th grade. His l...more
Stanford Wong has just failed sixth grade English. Now he won't be able to go to the all-star basketball camp this summer -- instead he will be attending summer school. If he doesn't pass English, he won't move up to 7th grade and won't be able play on the middle school basketball A-team. Stanford Wong is the first 7th grader to ever make the A-team, so he can't mess up this opportunity.
Stanford struggles to find his way over the course of the summer: dealing with family issues--his parents thi...more
Stanford struggles to find his way over the course of the summer: dealing with family issues--his parents thi...more
This is a fun,quick, gross read. It is told from the point of view of Stanford, who is a Chinese boy who is not so great in school but really great on the basketball court. He fails his English class and must take summer school to stay on the A team. This could have very easily been a simple, fun book but it had a lot of layers.
Stanford's dad is up for a big promotion and is spending less and less time at home. He is also really hard on Stanford. Stanford's grandmas is being placed in an old fol...more
Stanford's dad is up for a big promotion and is spending less and less time at home. He is also really hard on Stanford. Stanford's grandmas is being placed in an old fol...more
This book is about the greatest basket ball player in his school Stanford Wong.It tells how Stanford is so close to flunking the seventh grade along with being kicked off the basket ball team for the next year without any more tryouts. So then he must get a tutor who just happens to be what he calls the poster child for Asian Geekdom. So with all of this in mind he must avoid going to summer school and find a way to make himself better in school.
I can relate this to my school life because I have...more
I can relate this to my school life because I have...more
Stanford Wong's summer is going to be great! He's finished 6th grade, has an awesome group of friends, and is looking forward to a great time at basketball camp this summer. Then everything goes wrong - Stanford flunks English, his parents cancel basketball camp so that he can attend summer school, and he is forced into being tutored by the local girl genius, Millicent Min. If he doesn't pass, he won't move on to 7th grade and won't be able to play on the A-team next year. Suddenly his great lif...more
May 18, 2011
Jasmine Cui
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
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I saw it, I read it, I loved it, nuff said
Lurved it. <3 x 1 mill. This is so funny for me because this guy "Stanford Wong" sounds SOOOO un-asian I can't believe he is other than the fact his name is Stanford (my dream college) Wong (typical AMASIAN last name) I really love how he has to lie about getting tutored when we all know that this has probably not happened to most asians in the first place anyways (not saying all asians) and that this really would have made more sense if he didn't have such a demanding father. Not saying that...more
This book is the perfect fun summer read for kids! Stanford Wong loves basketball and hates school. As you can imagine this doesn't go over too well with his parents, especially his father who named him after his alma mater. After flunking 6th Grade English his middle school basketball career is in jeopardy just after he made the A team (varsity for middle school). What ensues is his summer that revolves around summer school. This book is engaging and has wonderful characters from Stanford's lov...more
Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time, by Lisa Yee, tells the story of Stanford, a boy that has always done alright in school but who is more focused on basketball, the sport that has brought him from friendless to one of the most popular boys in his school. When he fails 6th grade English, his academically obsessed father forces Stanford to take the class in summer school, which will cause him to miss out on the basketball camp that he has been dreaming of attending for months. On top of that, Stanford...more
This book was selected as a Reading Olympics title for this spring. While the cover was appealing, very few students were reading it until Fernando, a sixth grader, picked it up and kept gushing about how much he loved it. Based on his recommendation, I finished it over the weekend. Watching Stanford gain perspective on passing English in summer school, and his relationships with his family members, friends, and Mr. Glick was truly enjoyable. I particularly loved Yin Yin, his grandmother who had...more
The book Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time is about a 6th grade boy named Stanford who failed his English class, and then he had to go to summer school.I really mostly thought about how Stanford's father always expects so much from him. Unlike his older sister Sarah, he isn't that smart but he's very good at basketball and is the first 6th grader to make the A- Team. I was wondering why Stanford's father acts really mean to him and usually always say " Why don't you been more like your sister?
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Stanford Wong Flunks Big-time is about a boy named Stanford Wong he is the best player in his school. Stanford was the first 6th grader to make it on the A team. Stanford is about to flunk the 6th grade so he has to go to summer school.
I connect to Stanford because I also failed the 6th grade. Well i went to summer school. Unlike Stanford i tried in summer school. Stanford and i both had our mistakes in 6th grades i guess its because we had too much freedom both in 6th and 7th grade i need to le...more
I connect to Stanford because I also failed the 6th grade. Well i went to summer school. Unlike Stanford i tried in summer school. Stanford and i both had our mistakes in 6th grades i guess its because we had too much freedom both in 6th and 7th grade i need to le...more
We keep this in Juv Fiction but I think it could sit in Y as well. The main character, Stanford, has just flunked 6th grade English which means if he doesn't go to summer school he won't be able to play basketball on the A team next season. If he does go to summer school he won't be able to go the special basketball camp meant for rising stars like himself. Guiding him through his summer are his basketball mates, a brainiac tutor he hates, his grandmother who has just unhappily moved into a nurs...more
This is a sure bet for tween boys. It's laugh out loud funny, has a huge sports component (basketball), and a teen character you just love by the end of the story. This is the second book published by Yee about the same three characters. It tells the story of their summer from Stanford's perspective as he has to be tutored by his enemy Millicent Min Girl Genius, deal with his grandmother's failing health, high expectations of his father, and tensions between his friends. Yee is able to weave hum...more
This book was AMAZING. It was so kewl how Lisa Yee put alot of information about basketball to make Standford a REAL person. His personality is so real. Lisa Yee, u r amazing.
In my ever-long quest in examining Asian American teen fiction, I gave Stanford Wong a try and have to admit, I am a fan. Stanford is a horrible student and basketball star who has to retake English in summer school. This book, written in the form of a diary, tracks Stanford's life that summer where he deals with his parents' tense relationship, his grandmother moving into an old folks' home and his falling in love for the first time with a girl and with books. Cute. I loved Stanford's character...more
I thought that "Stanford Wong Flunks Big-time", by Lisa Yee was a great story of one summer of a kid who flunked English. the strong points of the writing is that the author didn't leave me hanging at the end and concluded well. most books leave a want to know more of the life of the character but i know it won't happen. But in this book i know all i need to know. there are three main conflicts with a few minor ones. they are all distributed evenly throughout the book and concluded in the end ju...more
This book is almost as annoying as its cover and title. One look at the kid on the front of this book, and you already know what type of book this is: annoying, sassy, predictable, corny, blasphemous, and upright appalling. So what is this book even about? A boy named Stanford who use to be a nobody at school decides to become a mega-ultra superstar at basketball and become popular. Problem is, he flunks English and has to go to summer school, which you wouldn't think is that big of a deal. But...more
I loved this! Funny and sweet and warm-hearted and adorable.
I actually started reading this more than a year ago then abandoned it, because it was hard to get into at first. It has a somewhat ADHD style and cuts really abruptly between actions and scenes, which made it hard for me to get drawn in. I think it maybe needs a few slowed-down, longer-running scenes earlier on. Like it needs to take a breather from over-strenuosly throwing plot elements at readers and let us get oriented more slowly....more
I actually started reading this more than a year ago then abandoned it, because it was hard to get into at first. It has a somewhat ADHD style and cuts really abruptly between actions and scenes, which made it hard for me to get drawn in. I think it maybe needs a few slowed-down, longer-running scenes earlier on. Like it needs to take a breather from over-strenuosly throwing plot elements at readers and let us get oriented more slowly....more
After I finished Milliecent Min, I got the sequel. I have to be honest, it wasn't quite as entertaining as Milliecent Min's take on things, but it was cool to see the whole story from a different prespective. Standford Wong is your average teenager: Longing to prove himself, sports jock, blows off school in general and his nerdy tutor (Millicent Min) and is constantly pressured to get good grades by his mother and father. A good read! :)
PS. Cute little relationship between Standford and his gran...more
PS. Cute little relationship between Standford and his gran...more
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Aug 02, 2009
Maggie
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Recommends it for:
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I was a big fan of Millicent Min Girl Genius when I first read it years back, and I just found out that Lisa Yee wrote not one, but two companions after Millicent. Being a fan, I eagerly awaited reading the companion, telling of the same story, but this time, we got to hear from Stanford's POV.
The book starts off with Stanford finding out he has flunked English, he cannot go to the basketball camp he has awaited for. Instead, he must take a summer-school course. Even then, it gets worse. Stanfo...more
The book starts off with Stanford finding out he has flunked English, he cannot go to the basketball camp he has awaited for. Instead, he must take a summer-school course. Even then, it gets worse. Stanfo...more
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Lisa Yee was born and raised near Los Angeles. As a kid, she loved reading, opening brand new boxes of cereal (to get the prize), and riding the teacups at Disneyland.
Lisa attended Brightwood Elementary School in Monterey Park, California where she once won an award for best decorated cake. However, Lisa cut the ribbon in half because her friend Linda had also worked on the cake, and they had agre...more
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Lisa attended Brightwood Elementary School in Monterey Park, California where she once won an award for best decorated cake. However, Lisa cut the ribbon in half because her friend Linda had also worked on the cake, and they had agre...more
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