Location
Main Entry - Personal Name
Title Statement
Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint) Square Fish, New York : 2008
SAB Classification Code
Edition Statement
Physical Description 233 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 21 cm.
General Note "Winner of the Michael L. Printz award"--Cover.
Summary, etc Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format. 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 at basketball, popular with the girls. But his obnoxious Chinese cousin Chin-Kee's annual visit is such a disaster that it ruins Danny's reputation at school, leaving him with no choice but to transfer somewhere he can start all over again. The Monkey King has lived for thousands of years and mastered the arts of kung fu and the heavenly disciplines. He's ready to join the ranks of the immortal gods in heaven. But there's no place in heaven for a monkey. Each of these characters cannot help himself alone, but how can they possibly help each other? They're going to have to find a way--if they want fix the disasters their lives have become. --Pulisher description.
Subject - Topical Term
ISBN 978-0-312-38448-7 (pbk.) 0-312-38448-3 (pbk.) 978-0-606-14484-1 (school & library binding) 0-606-14484-6 (school & library binding)
Waiting
*00002812nam a22004817a 4500
*00137665
*00520130312130133.2
*008080609s2008 xxua c 6 000 1 eng d
*020 $a978-0-312-38448-7 (pbk.)
*020 $a0-312-38448-3 (pbk.)
*020 $a978-0-606-14484-1 (school & library binding)
*020 $a0-606-14484-6 (school & library binding)
*035 $a(SE-LIBR)13934726
*035 $a(Ko)42233
*040 $aBTCTA$cBTCTA$dBAKER$dJCW$dABG$dEUF$dMBB$dTXI$dIUL$dYDXCP$dSINIE$dUOI$dGJG$dKo
*050 4$aPN6727.Y36$bA54 2009
*05000$aPZ7.K678337$bAm 2009
*084 $aHe.05$2kssb/8
*1001 $aYang, Gene Luen
*24510$aAmerican born Chinese /$cGene Luen Yang ; color by Lark Pien.
*250 $a1st Square Fish ed.
*260 $aNew York :$bSquare Fish,$c2008
*300 $a233 p. :$bchiefly col. ill. ;$c21 cm.
*500 $a"Winner of the Michael L. Printz award"--Cover.
*520 $aAlternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format.
*520 $aJin 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 at basketball, popular with the girls. But his obnoxious Chinese cousin Chin-Kee's annual visit is such a disaster that it ruins Danny's reputation at school, leaving him with no choice but to transfer somewhere he can start all over again. The Monkey King has lived for thousands of years and mastered the arts of kung fu and the heavenly disciplines. He's ready to join the ranks of the immortal gods in heaven. But there's no place in heaven for a monkey. Each of these characters cannot help himself alone, but how can they possibly help each other? They're going to have to find a way--if they want fix the disasters their lives have become. --Pulisher description.
*586 $aMichael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.
*650 0$aGraphic novels.
*650 0$aChinese Americans$vFiction.
*650 0$aIdentity (Psychology)$vFiction.
*650 0$aSchools$vFiction.
*650 0$aChinese Americans$vComic books, strips, etc.
*650 0$aIdentity (Philosophical concept)$vComic books, strips, etc.
*650 0$aSchools$vComic books, strips, etc.
*655 0$aGraphic novels.
*655 0$aGraphic novels$zUnited States.$2local
*7001 $aPien, Lark
*841 $5Ko$ax a$b1303114u 8 1001uu 0901128$e4
*852 $5Ko$bKo$hTECKNADE SERIER - Hci
^
No reviews exists for this book.
Click here
to be the first to write a review.
A tour-de-force by New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Gene Yang, 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. American Born Chinese is an amazing ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax.