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American Born Chinese

Gene Luen Yang

  • 240 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 2006
  • 6 editions
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1 About this book

American Born Chinese is a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang. Released in 2006 by First Second Books, it was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Awards in the category of Young People's Literature. It won the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award, the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New, the Publishers Weekly Comics Week Best Comic of the Year, the San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, the 2006/2007 Best Book Award from The Chinese American Librarians Association, and Amazon.com Best Graphic Novel/Comic of the Year.

It also made the Booklist Top Ten Graphic Novel for Youth, the NPR Holiday Pick, and Time Top Ten Comic of the Year. It was colored by cartoonist Lark Pien, who received the 2007 Harvey Award for Best Colorist for her work on the book.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Chinese Americans
  • Asian Americans
  • American fiction
  • Graphic novels
  • Schools
  • Identity (Psychology)
  • Cartoons and comics
  • Caricatures and cartoons

2 About Gene Luen Yang

Born 1973

Gene Luen Yang (Chinese: 楊謹倫; born August 9, 1973) is an American cartoonist and author. He is a frequent lecturer on the subjects of graphic novels and comics, at comic book conventions and universities, schools, and libraries. In addition, he was the Director of Information Services and taught computer science at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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