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Now Rebecca Stefoff, who adapted Howard Zinn's best-selling A People's History of the United States for younger readers, turns the updated 2008 edition of Takaki's multicultural masterwork into A Different Mirror for Young People . Drawing on Takaki's vast array of primary sources, and staying true to his own words whenever possible, A Different Mirror for Young People brings ethnic history alive through the words of people, including teenagers, who recorded their experiences in letters, diaries, and poems. Like Zinn's A People's History , Takaki's A Different Mirror offers a rich and rewarding \"people's view\" perspective on the American story.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781609804169","publication_date":"20121016","publisher":"Seven Stories Press","slug":"a-different-mirror-for-young-people","subtitle":"A History of Multicultural America","title":"A Different Mirror for Young People"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"YAN025170","confidence_band":"medium","label":"United States History for Teens","score":0.7614,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"YAN051270","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Civil & Human Rights for Teens","score":0.7547,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"YAN051180","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Prejudice & Racism for Teens","score":0.7522,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"YAN025170","confidence_band":"medium","label":"United States History for Teens","score":0.7614,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"YAN051270","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Civil & Human Rights for Teens","score":0.7547,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"YAN051180","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Prejudice & Racism for Teens","score":0.7522,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"JNF025170","confidence_band":"high","label":"U.S. History","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JNF038100","confidence_band":"high","label":"U.S. Places","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"SOC020000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Minority Studies","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"United States History for Teens","score":0.7614,"slug":"united-states-history-for-teens"},{"label":"Civil & Human Rights for Teens","score":0.7547,"slug":"civil-human-rights-for-teens"},{"label":"Prejudice & Racism for Teens","score":0.7522,"slug":"prejudice-racism-for-teens"}],"reader_fit":["Young readers interested in multicultural U.S. history","Readers drawn to history told through letters, diaries, and poems"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Howard Zinn"],"book_id":"9781644212516","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781644212516.jpg?v=a836be80dbd439b0","score":0.7625,"title":"A Young People's History of the United States","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781644212516"},{"authors":["Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz"],"book_id":"9780807049396","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780807049396.jpg?v=c912bba8667d0615","score":0.7135,"title":"An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780807049396"},{"authors":["Howard Zinn"],"book_id":"9781583227602","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781583227602.jpg?v=d77a4b4b0042aa37","score":0.6988,"title":"A Young People's History of the United States, Volume 2","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781583227602"},{"authors":["Michael Bronski"],"book_id":"9780807056127","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780807056127.jpg?v=75769180dd32bef8","score":0.6976,"title":"A Queer History of the United States for Young People","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780807056127"},{"authors":["Ariel Aberg-Riger"],"book_id":"9780063057531","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780063057531.jpg?v=c05bfa6062e1d7e7","score":0.6963,"title":"America Redux: Visual Stories From Our Dynamic History","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780063057531"},{"authors":["Howard Zinn"],"book_id":"9780062397348","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780062397348.jpg?v=ffb346e4531e345c","score":0.6735,"title":"A People's History of the United States","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780062397348"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:american history for kids"],"label":"Kids","score":1,"slug":"kids"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:books for 10 year old boys"],"label":"Year","score":0.8411,"slug":"year"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:american history"],"label":"History","score":0.4536,"slug":"history"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:books for 10 year old boys"],"label":"Boys","score":0.4174,"slug":"boys"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Multicultural American history, Ethnic history and diversity, People's perspectives on U.S. history.","Themes: Kids, Year, History.","Reading lane: United States History for Teens and Civil & Human Rights for Teens."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.9,"pacing":"unknown","reader_fit":["Young readers interested in multicultural U.S. history","Readers drawn to history told through letters, diaries, and poems"],"themes":["Multicultural American history","Ethnic history and diversity","People's perspectives on U.S. history"],"tropes":[]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":748,"goodreads_ratings_count":738,"goodreads_reviews_count":100,"quality_score":0.9262}}