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Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices by Mitali Perkins
4.0
Rating: 4/5 stars
I picked up this book on a whim on my last library visit and I am very happy that I did. Open Mic is a middle grade short story collection with a wonderful array of authors that speaks about race, sexuality and culture through own voices. Most of the stories are imbued with humor and warmth even as the issues are difficult for the characters. My star rating is the average of all the stories.
The collection has stories from: David Yo, Gene Luen Yang, Cherry Cheva, Debbie Rigaud, Mitali Perkins, Varian Johnson, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, G. Neri, Francisco X. Stork, and Naomi Shihab Nye.
All of the stories were well written and relatable. My favorite of all was Brotherly Love by Francisco X. Stork which tells the story of Luis, a young boy, who has an eye opening conversation with his older sister about their older brother and accepts something about himself in the process. I felt that story deeply.
I recommend this read and will be passing it on to the middle school teachers I know as well as adding it to my library.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars.
I picked up this book on a whim on my last library visit and I am very happy that I did. Open Mic is a middle grade short story collection with a wonderful array of authors that speaks about race, sexuality and culture through own voices. Most of the stories are imbued with humor and warmth even as the issues are difficult for the characters. My star rating is the average of all the stories.
The collection has stories from: David Yo, Gene Luen Yang, Cherry Cheva, Debbie Rigaud, Mitali Perkins, Varian Johnson, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, G. Neri, Francisco X. Stork, and Naomi Shihab Nye.
All of the stories were well written and relatable. My favorite of all was Brotherly Love by Francisco X. Stork which tells the story of Luis, a young boy, who has an eye opening conversation with his older sister about their older brother and accepts something about himself in the process. I felt that story deeply.
I recommend this read and will be passing it on to the middle school teachers I know as well as adding it to my library.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars.