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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Yang, Gene Luen.     Subjects     Chinese Americans -- Juvenile fiction.     Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction.     Schools -- Juvenile fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Yang, Gene Luen.       by title:      American born Chines...         MARC Display

American born Chinese [electronic resource] / Gene Luen Yang ; color by Lark Pien. by Yang, Gene Luen. New York : Square Fish, 2009. Subjects Chinese Americans -- Juvenile fiction.   Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction.   Schools -- Juvenile fiction. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=F2A9C08C-3C3D-4ED9-A436-32806D4B46FF This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/2390-1/{F2A9C08C-3C3D-4ED9-A436-32806D4B46FF}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9781429969369 (electronic bk.) 1429969369 (electronic bk.) Description:  1 online resource (233 pages) : chiefly color illustrations. Edition:  First Square Fish edition. 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. Requests:  0 Summary:  Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format. Awards:  Michael L. Printz Award, 2007. Booklist's 50 Best YA Books of All Time.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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