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

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"Jin Wang starts at a new school where he's the only Chinese-American student. When a boy from Taiwan joins his class, Jin doesn't want to be associated with an FOB like him. Jin just wants to be an all-American boy, because he's in love with an all-American girl. Danny is an all-American boy: great...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yang, Gene Luen (Author)
Other Authors: Pien, Lark (Colorist)
Language:English
Published: New York : Square Fish, 2009.
Edition:First Square Fish edition.
Subjects:
Chinese Americans > Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Fiction.
Schools > Fiction.
Chinese Americans > Comic books, strips, etc.
Identity (Psychology) > Comic books, strips, etc.
Schools > Comic books, strips, etc.
Chinese Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc.
Autobiographical comics.
Genre:
Fiction.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Juvenile fiction.
Autobiographical comics.
Physical Description:233 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Format: Book
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.