It’s a lovely adaptation that honors Lois Lowry’s vision and authority…the film…illuminates and explores the beauty, danger and pain of our free, creative lives. Plenty to talk about in families and other communities. Go see it. — Mitali Perkins Copy Share Image
Books have always been my home. I ransacked the library regularly from the time we moved to the States. I read on the fire… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share
I hope and pray that despite an unhealed past full of atrocities and deep divisions in the present, God can and will make "the… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share
Keep reading and writing, learn how to revise, and push through rejections. My second book, Monsoon Summer, was rejected over 20 times and finally… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share
American and Vietnamese characters alike leap to life through the voice and eyes of a tenyearold girl-a protagonist so strong, loving, and vivid I… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share
America inevitably "brings the distant near" because apart from members of the Native Nations, all of us originated in faraway places. Sadly, proximity within… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share
There weren't too many books featuring other cultures and countries when I was growing up as an immigrant kid here in the States. — Mitali Perkins Copy Share
I learned to read when I was three, so I skipped right over picture books and didn't learn to appreciate art in books until… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share
“what counted was helping her father achieve his dream-and finding interesting stuff to put in her blog.” — Mitali Perkins Copy Share
If you have a chance to see Children Of War, you can watch expert trauma counselors try to help bring healing to young people… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share
It’s a lovely adaptation that honors Lois Lowry’s vision and authority…the film…illuminates and explores the beauty, danger and pain of our free, creative lives.… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share
Research is always a high priority in my fiction. Songs, fashion, politics, television, movies, trends - I try to get those details right. — Mitali Perkins Copy Share
