Author: | Mitali Perkins, Shihab Nye, David Yoo, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Francisco Stork, Varian Johnson, Cherry Cheva, Debbie Rigaud, Gene Luen Yang, G. Neri | ISBN: | 9780763667191 |
Publisher: | Candlewick Press | Publication: | September 10, 2013 |
Imprint: | Candlewick Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Mitali Perkins, Shihab Nye, David Yoo, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Francisco Stork, Varian Johnson, Cherry Cheva, Debbie Rigaud, Gene Luen Yang, G. Neri |
ISBN: | 9780763667191 |
Publisher: | Candlewick Press |
Publication: | September 10, 2013 |
Imprint: | Candlewick Press |
Language: | English |
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 uses a mix of styles as diverse as their authors, from laugh-out-loud funny to wry, ironic, or poingnant, in prose, poetry, and comic form.
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 uses a mix of styles as diverse as their authors, from laugh-out-loud funny to wry, ironic, or poingnant, in prose, poetry, and comic form.