A Michael L. Printz Award winner, a National Book Award finalist, and soon to be a streaming series!
A tour-de-force by
New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang,
American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he's the only Chinese-American student at his school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest tales from Chinese folklore; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny's life with his yearly visits. Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in a twenty-first-century fable that is hilarious, poignant, and action-packed. First published in 2006,
American Born Chinese was soon hailed as a modern masterpiece of young adult literature and established Gene Luen Yang as a leading voice of his generation.
American Born Chinese is the winner of the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award, a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, the winner of the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New, an Eisner Award nominee for Best Coloring, a 2007 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, and a
New York Times bestseller.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: First Second
Published: 04/04/2023
ISBN: 9781250891396
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.90w x 0.60d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 111766 / American Born Chinese
Reading Level: 3.3 /
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus /
Point Value: 1