Atheneum Editor Namrata Tripathi on Finding Her "Mirror" Book
July 09, 2012
Are books mirrors? Atheneum Editor Namrata Tripathi wasn't so sure until she finally found her "mirror" book.
"I'd often heard books described as 'Mirrors or Windows'--the idea that books can either show you a reflection of your own experience or give you a view into a culture different from your own. Mitali Perkins had spoken quite eloquently about this at the 2010 BEA Children’s Breakfast. But what I hadn’t really ever thought about was that I’d never read a 'mirror' book. For me, at least...And then, unexpectedly, I encountered the character of Julian Singh in The View from Saturday. And for the first time, I met a character who mirrored my life in numerous meaningful ways."