Open Mic
Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2013.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xiii, 127 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Shares stories about growing up in diverse homes or communities, from an Asian youth who gains temporary popularity by making up a false background, to a biracial girl whose father clears subway seats by calmly sitting between two prejudiced women.
Other Authors:
Perkins, Mitali, editor.
Yoo, David, 1974-
Yang, Gene Luen.
Cheva, Cherry.
Rigaud, Debbie.
Johnson, Varian.
Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola.
Neri, Greg.
Stork, Francisco X.
Nye, Naomi Shihab.
Perkins, Mitali, editor.
Yoo, David, 1974-
Yang, Gene Luen.
Cheva, Cherry.
Rigaud, Debbie.
Johnson, Varian.
Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola.
Neri, Greg.
Stork, Francisco X.
Nye, Naomi Shihab.
Contents:
Becoming Henry Lee / David Yoo -- Why I won't be watching the Last Airbender movie / Gene Luen Yang -- Talent Show / Cherry Cheva -- Voilà! / Debbie Rigaud -- Three-pointer / Mitali Perkins -- Like me / Varian Johnson -- Confessions of a black geek / Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich -- Under Berlin / G. Neri -- Brotherly love / Francisco X. Stork -- Lexicon / Naomi Shihab Nye.
Target Audience: 810L
ISBN:
0763658669 (reinforced)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T LITERATURE Ope | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/6/2024) |
Junior Library Guild selection