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“Will leave readers thinking about the ways that humor can be a survival tool in a world that tends to put people in boxes.” — Publishers Weekly

Listen in as ten YA authors—some familiar, some new—use their own brands of humor to share stories about growing up between cultures. 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 poignant, in prose, poetry, and comic form.

With stories by:
Cherry Cheva
Varian Johnson
G. Neri
Naomi Shihab Nye
Mitali Perkins
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Debbie Rigaud
Francisco X. Stork
Gene Luen Yang
David Yoo

Open MIC Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten

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      Publisher Candlewick Press,U.S.
      Published 23 August 2016
      ISBN-13 9780763690953
      978-0763690953
      ISBN-10 0763690953

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      “Will leave readers thinking about the ways that humor can be a survival tool in a world that tends to put people in boxes.” — Publishers Weekly

      Listen in as ten YA authors—some familiar, some new—use their own brands of humor to share stories about growing up between cultures. 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 poignant, in prose, poetry, and comic form.

      With stories by:
      Cherry Cheva
      Varian Johnson
      G. Neri
      Naomi Shihab Nye
      Mitali Perkins
      Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
      Debbie Rigaud
      Francisco X. Stork
      Gene Luen Yang
      David Yoo

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