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American Born Chinese Spiral-Bound | 2023-04-04

Gene Luen Yang Gene Luen Yang (Illustrated by)

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This modern masterpiece from Gene Luen Yang is now an original series on Disney+!

Original Series Now Available on Disney+

Bonus Content: Includes an interview with author Gene Luen Yang and series creator Kelvin Yu!

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.

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 240 pages
ISBN-10: 1250891396
Item Weight: 1.0 lbs
Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
Customer Reviews: 3 out of 5 stars 50,001 + ratings
"The art blends the clean lines of anime with a bold American palette. Yang is equally adept at depicting a high school cafeteria and the Monkey King's fantastical realm." --New York Times

". . . brilliantly written and designed, sophisticated and wise." --The Miami Herald

". . . one of the most powerful and entertaining works of literature to be published this year . . ." --San Francisco Chronicle

Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels. He was named a National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress in 2016, and advocates for the importance of reading, especially reading diversely. His graphic novel American Born Chinese, a National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner, has been adapted into an original series on Disney+. His two-volume graphic novel Boxers & Saints won the LA Times Book Prize and was a National Book Award Finalist. His nonfiction graphic novel, Dragon Hoops, received an Eisner award and a Printz honor. His other comics work includes Secret Coders (with Mike Holmes), The Shadow Hero (with Sonny Liew), and Superman Smashes the Klan and the Avatar: The Last Airbender series (both with Gurihiru). In 2016, he was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow.