Book

Yang, Gene Luen, author.

American born Chinese / Gene Luen Yang ; color by Lark Pien.

First edition.

�2006

New York : First Second, [2006]

©2006

233 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm

"Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format"--Title page verso.

GN 530L Lexile

Graphic novels.

Chinese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Chinese Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Chinese Americans -- Fiction.

Identity -- Fiction.

Schools -- Fiction.

Cartoons and comics.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Comics & Graphic Novels.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- Asian American.

Chinese Americans.

Graphic novels.

Identity (Psychology)

Schools.

Enfants appartenant à des minorités -- Bandes dessinées.

Enfants d'immigrés -- Bandes dessinées.

Chinese Americans -- Fiction.

Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.

School stories.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Enfants appartenant �a des minorit�es -- Bandes dessin�ees.

Enfants d'immigr�es -- Bandes dessin�ees.

Young Adult Fiction.

Michael L. Printz book award: Winner -- 2007.

Comic books, strips, etc. -- Young adult.

Graphic novels -- Young adult.

Young adult nonfiction.

Young adult works.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Fiction.

Graphic novels.

Juvenile works.

Young adult fiction.

Graphic novels.

Cartoons.

Pien, Lark, illustrator.

Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2007.

Accelerated Reader MG+ 3.3 1.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.3 1.0 111766.

Cybil Award, Graphic novels (ages 13 and up), 2006

National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist, 2006.

Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2007.

Story 1: "All Jin Wing wants is to fit in. When his family moves to a new neighborhood, he suddenly finds that he's the only Chinese American student at the school. Jocki and his bullies pick on him constantly, and he has hardly any friends. Then, to make matters worse, he falls in love with an all-American girl." Story 2: "Born to rule over all the monkeys in the world, the story of the Monkey King is one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables. Adored by his subjects, master of the arts of kung-fu, he is the most powerful monkey on Earth. But the Monkey King doesn't want to be a monkey. He wants to be hailed as a god ..." Story 3: "Chin-Kee is the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, and he's ruining his cousin Danny's life. Danny's a basketball player, a popular kid at school, but every year Chin-Kee comes to visit, and every year Danny has to transfer to a new school to escape the shame. This year, though, things quickly go from bad to worse" -- Publisher's description.

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