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Mitali Perkins has written many novels for young readers, including You Bring the Distant Near (nominated for the National Book Award) Rickshaw Girl (a NYPL best 100 Book for children in the past 100 years, film adaptation coming in 2020), Bamboo People (an ALA Top 10 YA novel), and Tiger Boy, which won the South Asia Book Award for Younger Readers. She currently writes and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area: mitaliperkins.com.

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	You Bring the Distant Near really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,964 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bamboo People 3.97 avg rating — 2,737 ratings — published 2010 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins (Goodreads Author), Jamie Hogan (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 1,007 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monsoon Summer 3.82 avg rating — 620 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Keeper 3.96 avg rating — 574 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices by Mitali Perkins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Yoo (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Cherry Cheva (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 530 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border by Mitali Perkins (Goodreads Author), Sara Palacios (Illustrations) 4.29 avg rating — 333 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen 3.63 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 1993 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tiger Boy 3.90 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forward Me Back To You 4.10 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Delightful National Book Festival!

I was honored to participate in the Library of Congress' National Book Festival.Author Misa Sugiura and I were interviewed by Lee Ann Potter on the teen stage, followed by a signing. Below are a few photos along with my answer to a question from a teen in the audience about surviving growing up between cultures. Thanks to Macmillan for sending me and to the Library of Congress for inviting me.... Read more of this blog post »

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“There's something about putting words on a page in private that makes me feel powerful in public.”
― Mitali Perkins, You Bring the Distant Near

tags: sonia, writing

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“Where am I from? Can the answer be stories and words, some of theirs, some of mine?”
― Mitali Perkins, You Bring the Distant Near

tags: belonging, home

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“rule number eight: noting ventured, nothing gained”
― Mitali Perkins, Monsoon Summer

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What themed (multicultural) book would you like to read for October?

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

5 votes, 27.8%

Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers

4 votes, 22.2%

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

3 votes, 16.7%

Dust Girl by Sarah Zettel

2 votes, 11.1%

Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac

1 vote, 5.6%

Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins

1 vote, 5.6%

Vaclav and Lena by Haley Tanner

1 vote, 5.6%

The Good Braider by Terry Farish

1 vote, 5.6%

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