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Open mic : riffs on life between cultures in ten voices / edited by Mitali Perkins.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: xiii, 127 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780763658663
  • 0763658669 (reinforced)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • SC PER
LOC classification:
  • HT1521 .O58 2013
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.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction MVS Library Main room-Teen/Adult O - Short Story Collection SC PER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4004839

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.

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.

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