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OPEN MIC
PERKINS, MITALI
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 poignant, in prose, poetry, and
comic form.
MIDDLE NOVELS 1ST PRINTING 30,000
CANDLEWICK
144 PAGES
9780763658663
$18.00 HC
SEPTEMBER 2013
THE OPPOSITE OF GEEK
VOROS, RIA
Gretchen Meyers doesn't know exactly what went wrong, but life in the tenth grade is beginning to suck.
As if having a semi-nudist, food-obsessed family wasn't awkward enough, she has lost her best friend to
the fanatical school swim team, and her math grade is so close to negative digits that only emergency
tutoring can save it. So far, so high school. Then James/Dean rolls into her life — also known as her zitfaced
chemistry tutor James and his slightly less zit-faced cousin Dean. Kind-hearted rebels without a
cause, they draw Gretchen out of classroom hell, and briefly the world seems full of possibility.
MIDDLE NOVELS
SCHOLASTIC
9781443104845
$9.99 TP Original
SEPTEMBER 2013
240 PAGES
OTHER WORLDS
SCIESZKA, JON
Other Worlds, the fourth volume in Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read anthology series for tween boys, features
ten thrilling new tales of science fiction and fantasy from some of the biggest names in children’s
literature. Prepare yourself for ten trips into the unknown, as ten of your favorite writers—Rick Riordan,
who has written an all-new and exclusive Percy Jackson tale, Tom Angleberger of Origami Yoda fame,
Newbery medalist Rebecca Stead, Shannon Hale, D. J. MacHale, Eric Nylund, Kenneth Oppel, Neal
Shusterman, Shaun Tan, and none other than the late Ray Bradbury—spin tales of fantasy and science
fiction the likes of which you have never imagined.
MIDDLE ANTHOLOGIES 1ST PRINTING 15,000
WALDEN POND
352 PAGES
9780061963803 SERIES: GUYS READ
$18.99 HC
SEPTEMBER 2013