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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Massachusetts: Candlewicks Press, 2013.Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 127 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780763658663 (reinforced)
  • 0763658669 (reinforced)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 818/.6 23
LOC classification:
  • HT1521 OPE 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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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre HT 1521 OPE 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 022609 Available MzULM-022609

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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