American Born Chinese
Contributor(s): Yang, Gene Luen (Author); Pien, Lark (Illustrator)
A tour-de-force by rising indie comics star Yang, "American Born Chinese" tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters whose lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable.As alienated kids go, Jin Wang is fairly run-of-the-mill: he eats lunch by himself in a corner of the schoolyard, gets picked on by bullies and jocks and develops a sweat-inducing crush on a pretty classmate. And, oh, yes, his parents are from Taiwan. This much-anticipated, affecting story about growing up different is more than just the story of a Chinese-American childhood; it's a fable for every kid born into a body and a life they wished they could escape.
Publisher:  Square Fish
Pub Date:  12/2008
ISBN:   9780312384487
Binding:  Paperback-1.70 cms H x 20.52 cms L x 14.83 cms W (0.41 kgs) 233 pages

Fiction