Bibliograph

American born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang ; color by Lark Pien

Type

Label

American born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang ; color by Lark Pien

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

American born Chinese

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Responsibility statement

Gene Luen Yang ; color by Lark Pien

Summary

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 new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; 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 this action-packed modern fable

Target audience

adolescent

Classification