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 longed to hand her a wedge of freshly cut papaya. — 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 escape. I read at the dinner table. I read late into the night in my room. This unhindered foraging and feasting on books - away from controlling, condemning eyes - empowered me to identify and resist… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“what counted was helping her father achieve his dream-and finding interesting stuff to put in her blog.” — Mitali Perkins Copy Share Image
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 Image
