

American Born Chinese is an amazing ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax.Īvailable As: Hardcover, Paperback, eBookĬommunity Represented: Chinese/Chinese American Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable.

A tour-de-force by New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Gene Yang, American Born Chinesetells 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.
