My Sisters' Voices: Teenage Girls of Color Speak Out Contributor(s): Jacob, Iris (Author) |
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ISBN: 080506821X ISBN-13: 9780805068214 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2002 Annotation: "My Sisters' Voices" is a passionate and poignant collection of writings from teenage girls of African American, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, and biracial backgrounds. With candor and grace, they speak out on topics that are relevant not only to themselves and their peers but to anyone who is raising, teaching, or nurturing young women of color. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women |
Dewey: 305.235 |
LCCN: 2002017203 |
Age Level: 12-17 |
Grade Level: 7-12 |
Lexile Measure: 940(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.4" W x 5.5" L (0.75 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Booklist 03/01/2002 pg. 1078 Publishers Weekly 03/25/2002 pg. 55 Black Issues Book Review 07/01/2002 pg. 78 Booklist 07/01/2002 pg. 1809 Kliatt 09/01/2002 pg. 32 School Library Journal 10/01/2002 pg. 186 |
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Publisher Description: In the tradition of the bestselling Ophelia Speaks, a collection of provocative essays by teenage girls of color My Sisters' Voices is a passionate and poignant collection of writings from teenage girls of African American, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, and biracial backgrounds. With candor and grace, they speak out on topics that are relevant not only to themselves and their peers but to anyone who is raising, teaching, or nurturing young women of color. As adolescents, women, and minorities, these young authors represent a demographic that has had no voice of its own, a group often spoken for but rarely given the opportunity to be heard. Now these young women have a chance to stand up and be counted, to present their own unique perspectives in fresh and astonishing ways. Here you'll find a Native American girl writing about the bumps in her relationship with her best friend, who's white; a Korean American girl who wishes she could help her mother understand that it's okay to socialize with boys as well as girls; and a biracial girl who feels she must be the designated spokesperson for blacks when she's around whites, for whites when she's around blacks, and for biracial people around everyone. These personal and inspiring stories about family, friendship, sex, love, poverty, loss, and oppression make My Sisters' Voices essential reading for young women of all backgrounds. |
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