America Street: A Multicultural Anthology of Stamerica Street: A Multicultural Anthology of Stories - Hardcover

Mazer, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892551909 ISBN 13: 9780892551903

Publisher: Persea Books, 1993

Synopsis

Welcome to America Street, where every story is as vital and unique as the friends, neighbors, and relatives we encounter every day. Here are fourteen stories about young people told by some of America's best storytellers: Duane Big Eagle, Toni Cade Bambara, Robert Cormier, Langston Hughes, Gish Jen, Francisco Jiménez, Mary K. Mazotti, Nicholasa Mohr, Toshio Mori, Leslie Namioka, Naomi Shihab Nye, Grace Paley, Gary Soto, and Michele Wallace.

About this title

Review:

The sometimes rib-tickling, sometimes wrenching incidents chronicled in this highly readable volume provide first-rate entertainment while shedding light on the unique struggles and dreams of first-, second- and third-generation Americans.

About the Author:

Anne Mazer is the author of several widely acclaimed books, including the novels Moose Street and The Oxboy, and a picture book, The Salamander Room, winner of the Keystone to Reading Book Award and a Reading Rainbow Feature Selection. Anthologies from edited by Mazer include: America Street, Going Where I'm Coming From, A Walk in My World, and Working Days. Mazer grew up in Syracuse, NY and lives in Ithaca, NY.

About this edition

• Publisher: Persea Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0892551909
• ISBN 13: 9780892551903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 164
• Editor: Mazer Anne