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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: 233 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781596432086
  • 159643208X
  • 9781596431522
  • 1596431520
  • 9781596433731
  • 1596433736
  • 9780312384487
  • 0312384483
  • 9780606144841
  • 0606144846
  • 9781451715484
  • 145171548X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: American born Chinese.DDC classification:
  • 741.5/973 22
LOC classification:
  • PN6727.Y36 A54 2006
  • PZ7.7.Y36 A54 2006
NLM classification:
  • American born Chinese
Contents:
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
Summary: "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
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Teen Graphic Novel MVS Library Main room-Teen/Adult L- Comic/Graphic Novel (Adult/Teen) TEEN GN YAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 12/31/2024 4010353

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

"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

Accelerated Reader MG+ 3.3 1

Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.3 1.0 111766

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