Open Mic
By Various
Edited by Mitali Perkins
By Various
Edited by Mitali Perkins
Category: Children's Books | Teen & Young Adult Fiction
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$8.99
Aug 23, 2016 | ISBN 9780763690953 | Young Adult
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Praise
[W]ill 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
[A] noteworthy anthology, which robustly proves Perkins’s assertion that “funny is powerful.”
—The Horn Book
The stories are varied in format … [b]ut all invite sometimes rueful smiles or chuckles of recognition. And all demonstrate that in the specific we find the universal, and that borders are meant to be breached.
—Booklist
Teachers will find some powerful material here about how the young can become discomfited and find solace in their multifaceted cultural communities. … Purchase where schools seek useful pieces about YAs who identify with multiple cultures.
—School Library Journal
It’s often said that good literature for young people can act as a mirror to one’s own experiences and a window into others’ — this anthology fills the bill, providing an accessible assessment of contemporary race relations, while also being as honest, refreshing, and frank as the titular open mic suggests.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Perkins organizes the stories wisely in this collection that hopes to put a humorous spin on a topical, deeply uncomfortable subject… These tales in particular dance between humor and heartache, ending on notes of triumph as we look toward a hopeful future.
—VOYA
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