American Born Chinese
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Book Description
Indie graphic novelist Gene Yang's intelligent and emotionally challenging American Born Chinese is made up of three individual plotlines: the determined efforts of the Chinese folk hero Monkey King to shed his humble roots and be revered as a god; the struggles faced by Jin Wang, a lonely Asian American middle school student who would do anything to fit in with his white classmates; and the sitco... More
Book Information
Publisher | Perfection Learning |
Binding | Hardcover (23 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 240 |
ISBN-10 | 0756977452 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0756977450 |
Publication Date | 09/01/2006 |
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12/28/2008 Karen Boehmer said: When I first started reading I was a bit offended by the stero-types, as I read further
I understood where it was leading and Loved the book.
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3/18/2007 John O'Rourke said:
tags: heritage, Chinese-American, graphic novel
This is a handsomely done graphic novel about a young boy of Chinese immigrant parents growing up in America, mostly centered around his life and friendships in school. Episodes from the Chinese Monkey King fables are interspersed in the story, and they seem very much to belong. Jin Wang is so in... more
tags: heritage, Chinese-American, graphic novel
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