Yell-Oh Girls!: Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American - Paperback

Yell-Oh Girls!: Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American - Paperback

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Yell-Oh Girls!: Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American - Paperback

Yell-Oh Girls!: Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American - Paperback

$20.15
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by Vickie Nam (Author)

"In this fine book, Asian American girls speak up and speak out. They speak for themselves, to each other, and to the world. This honest, engaging anthology is important. It allows new voices to be heard and new stories to become part of our great American story." -- Mary Pipher, Ph.D, author of Reviving Opehlia

"A must-read for anyone who's ever felt like an outsider looking in." --Teen People

In this groundbreaking collection of personal writings, young Asian American girls come together for the first time and engage in a dynamic converstions about the unique challenges they face in their lives. Promoted by a variety of pressing questions from editor Vickie Nam and culled from hundreds of submission from all over the country, these revelatory essays, poems, and stories tackle such complex issues as dual identities, culture clashes, family matters, body image, and the need to find one's voice.

With a foreword by Phoebe Eng, as well as contributions from accomplished Asian American women mentors Janice Mirikitani, Helen Zia, Nora Okja Keller, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Elaine Kim, Patsy Mink, and Wendy Mink, Yell-Oh Girls! is an inspiring and much-needed resource for young Asian American girls.

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In this groundbreaking collection of personal writings, young Asian American girls come together for the first time and engage in a dynamic converstions about the unique challenges they face in their lives. Promoted by a variety of pressing questions from editor Vickie Nam and culled from hundreds of submission from all over the country, these revelatory essays, poems, and stories tackle such complex issues as dual identities, culture clashes, family matters, body image, and the need to find one's voice.

With a foreword by Phoebe Eng, as well as contributions from accomplished Asian American women mentors Janice Mirikitani, Helen Zia, Nora Okja Keller, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Elaine Kim, Patsy Mink, and Wendy Mink, Yell-Oh Girls! is an inspiring and much-needed resource for young Asian American girls.

Number of Pages: 336
Dimensions: 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN
Publication Date: July 31, 2001
Award: Tayshas Reading (2004)
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Yell-Oh Girls! Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 7.6
Point Value: 16

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