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From: Barbara Binns <bab9660_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:27:15 -0800 (PST)
One of those reviews for If We Ever get Our Of Here is mine (I'm b-writer) I read the book last year, and viewed recommended it on Amazon, Goodreads and on the YALSA blog in a post on books featuring Native American protagonists - http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2013/08/20/books-outside-the-box-native-americans/ . But even then I viewed it as more than just a book that happened to have a Native American hero. In fact, I fear that saying only that about it might keep it off a lot of parents and kids lists. I have seen parents turn away from books because the protagonist is non-white.
I seriously view If We Ever get Our Of Here as one of those "universal" books, meant for anyone of any culture who has ever felt disenfranchised, different, or marginalized. It's for any kid who has ever been the outcast and had to come to grips with they price they might have to pay to be accepted. The minute I finished reading it, the book went on my list of things to book talk, and that is how I describe it to kids. I tell adults its a great book for inter-generational reading, especially the concept of life with the Beatles instead of Bieber, and no cell phones.
I like that I can call this book multicultural and universal. It's the kind of book I look for and push.
A last point here - I am part of a librarian list, where the discussion came to categorizing their children's and YA collection. One talked about her experience in differentiating between Sports, Historical, Horror, SciFi, Coming-of-Age - and Multicultural. It ended up being a learning experience for her when she realized how few diversity titles they had. She had never considered it an issue before until she actually
looked and realized what she didn't have. Once she knew she was in a position to change things. I was of two minds about the story, I hated the idea of considering multicultural books something separate (my library has put How I became A Ghost as Youth Historical and If I Ever Get Out Of Here as YA Coming Of Age). But I also know that if someone asked how many multicultural or diversity titles do you have, there would be no immediate answer.
B. A. Binns What if you were the only one of your kind? Find out in Minority of One coming March 2014 from AllTheColorsOfLove press 2010 National Readers Choice Award Winner 2012 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2012-13 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Nominee 2013 Cybils Award Nominee Stories of Real Boys Growing Into Real Menwebsite - http://www.babinns.com blog - http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/author/barbara-binns/
On Friday, February 28, 2014 6:11 PM, Pauline Tso <paulinetso2_at_gmail.com> wrote:
Hello All,
A member of my critique group pointed me to this discussion about a week ago, and I have been trying to catch up ever since. I haven't succeeded, so forgive me if this has been covered already.
From what I've read so far, there has been discussion about visibility/invisibility, the lifespan of CSK books, etc. I also noted that there was a lot of positive comments about the two books featured this month (which I haven't had a chance to read yet). Lastly, I noticed that on Amazon, there have been exactly customer 5 reviews for Tim Tingle's book and 10 for Eric Gansworth's.
Might I suggest that those who enjoyed these books take the next step and post their comments on Amazon and Barnes & Noble? While I am not privy to all the machinations that go on behind these websites, I'm sure more positive reviews of these books couldn't hurt.
Just a thought, Pauline Ts'o
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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:27:15 -0800 (PST)
One of those reviews for If We Ever get Our Of Here is mine (I'm b-writer) I read the book last year, and viewed recommended it on Amazon, Goodreads and on the YALSA blog in a post on books featuring Native American protagonists - http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2013/08/20/books-outside-the-box-native-americans/ . But even then I viewed it as more than just a book that happened to have a Native American hero. In fact, I fear that saying only that about it might keep it off a lot of parents and kids lists. I have seen parents turn away from books because the protagonist is non-white.
I seriously view If We Ever get Our Of Here as one of those "universal" books, meant for anyone of any culture who has ever felt disenfranchised, different, or marginalized. It's for any kid who has ever been the outcast and had to come to grips with they price they might have to pay to be accepted. The minute I finished reading it, the book went on my list of things to book talk, and that is how I describe it to kids. I tell adults its a great book for inter-generational reading, especially the concept of life with the Beatles instead of Bieber, and no cell phones.
I like that I can call this book multicultural and universal. It's the kind of book I look for and push.
A last point here - I am part of a librarian list, where the discussion came to categorizing their children's and YA collection. One talked about her experience in differentiating between Sports, Historical, Horror, SciFi, Coming-of-Age - and Multicultural. It ended up being a learning experience for her when she realized how few diversity titles they had. She had never considered it an issue before until she actually
looked and realized what she didn't have. Once she knew she was in a position to change things. I was of two minds about the story, I hated the idea of considering multicultural books something separate (my library has put How I became A Ghost as Youth Historical and If I Ever Get Out Of Here as YA Coming Of Age). But I also know that if someone asked how many multicultural or diversity titles do you have, there would be no immediate answer.
B. A. Binns What if you were the only one of your kind? Find out in Minority of One coming March 2014 from AllTheColorsOfLove press 2010 National Readers Choice Award Winner 2012 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2012-13 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Nominee 2013 Cybils Award Nominee Stories of Real Boys Growing Into Real Menwebsite - http://www.babinns.com blog - http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/author/barbara-binns/
On Friday, February 28, 2014 6:11 PM, Pauline Tso <paulinetso2_at_gmail.com> wrote:
Hello All,
A member of my critique group pointed me to this discussion about a week ago, and I have been trying to catch up ever since. I haven't succeeded, so forgive me if this has been covered already.
From what I've read so far, there has been discussion about visibility/invisibility, the lifespan of CSK books, etc. I also noted that there was a lot of positive comments about the two books featured this month (which I haven't had a chance to read yet). Lastly, I noticed that on Amazon, there have been exactly customer 5 reviews for Tim Tingle's book and 10 for Eric Gansworth's.
Might I suggest that those who enjoyed these books take the next step and post their comments on Amazon and Barnes & Noble? While I am not privy to all the machinations that go on behind these websites, I'm sure more positive reviews of these books couldn't hurt.
Just a thought, Pauline Ts'o
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