American Eyes

by Lori Marie Carlson

Book Overview

"These consistently superb stories focus on Asian-American youths, but the messages & feelings described are universal. The themes are generation gaps, identity crises, displacement.... A savvy & poignant collection from Carlson." -Kirkus Reviews, pointer

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805035443
• ISBN13: 9780805035445
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Coming from an Asian girl.

American Eyes is a great book. It tells the whole world how it's like for us "Outsiders". The book says many true things about Asian people and how we live and think. I enjoyed the book because it reminded me not too be so obnoxious about having black hair, brown eyes and having parents who are traditional to thier culture. It teaches lessons like its okay not too be a "Blond blue eyed and tall". The story "House Painting" was a story I got addicted to. It told about a sister off at college coming home and the parents being very excited. Over all the book was great. For the children or adults who hate reading long boring stories, "American Eyes" is a book every one could enjoy and surely isn't boring.

A collection of stories that are easy to relate to.

Though the stories like "Blonde" and "Knuckles" read like childish stories, I found the rest of the book to be pretty interesting and easy to relate to. It's nice to know that I'm not alone in my dislike for Asian foods ("Fortune Teller") or my lack of knowledge of my ethnic language ("Summer of My Korean Soldier"). My favorites were "Fortune Teller," "Singing Apples," and "Summer of My Korean Soldier." The references to the different cultures were a learning experience. And the stories don't have happy endings, which is a life lesson in itself.