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.

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.

This is a guide to the plant life of the African savanna, the zone that lies mainly north of the equator in more or less a parallel band across Africa, from Senegal and Guinea in the west to the foothills of the Ethiopian highlands and western Uganda and Kenya in the east. Intended for the interested amateur and the professional biologist, 55 of the most common and widespread plant families inhabiting this zone of seasonal tropical vegetation are identified and discussed. To facilitate the identification of the species within these families, 700 of them are described and illustrated. An illustrated glossary is provided for the explanation of technical terms used in the text, and a selected bibliography is provided for those interested in further study. A more detailed bibliography can be found in White (1983).

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