robinsamanda's review against another edition
5.0
A great anthology for the anti-racist teacher. Don't use it as a supplement. Have your students read the whole thing.
jonbrammer's review
3.0
_America Street_'s stories depict adolescents from various American subcultures. This anthology is great if you are looking for short, accessible texts with which to frame a discussion of culture in your English class. There are a few stories, however, such as "Business at 11" where the culture represented is a little more ambiguous.
montigneyrules's review against another edition
2.0
#readingchallenge2021 (my extra books!)
Welp, I didn’t start off with a positive perspective, as I thought the collection was going to be a bunch of multicultural non-fiction stories, not fictional. So already I thought, meh, ok impress me. but the stories didn’t wow. I think in all there were one or two I made through without skimming-as most were blan, underdeveloped characters, with seemingly no plot or point. Short stories too short for their own good….
Welp, I didn’t start off with a positive perspective, as I thought the collection was going to be a bunch of multicultural non-fiction stories, not fictional. So already I thought, meh, ok impress me. but the stories didn’t wow. I think in all there were one or two I made through without skimming-as most were blan, underdeveloped characters, with seemingly no plot or point. Short stories too short for their own good….
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