Open MIC: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 08/23/2016
ISBN: 9780763690953
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.20w x 0.50d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 160659 / Open MIC: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices
Reading Level: 5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 3