Open Mic Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices

Name: Open Mic Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices
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ISBN: 9780763658663

ISBN-10: 0763658669

ISBN-13: 9780763658663

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mitali Perkins

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Using humor as the common denominator, a multicultural cast of YA authors steps up to the mic to share stories touching on race.Listen in as ten YA authors — some familiar, some new — use their own brand of humor to share their stories about growing up between cultures. Henry Choi Lee discovers that pretending to be a tai chi master or a sought-after wiz at math wins him friends for a while — until it comically backfires. A biracial girl is amused when her dad clears seats for his family on a crowded subway in under a minute flat, simply by sitting quietly in between two uptight white women. Edited by acclaimed author and speaker Mitali Perkins, this collection of fiction and nonfiction…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication date: 9/10/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English