A simplified Chinese and English bilingual edition of American Born Chinese, winner of 2007 Michael L. Printz Award by Gene Luen Yang. This engaging graphic novel containing the subjects of racism, self and cultural identity, illustrates daily life, troubles, pressures, and friendship of the youth. The book is short listed 2006 National Book Award Young People's Literature. Yang has been anointed by the Library of Congress as Ambassador for Young People's Literature for the 2016-2017 term, a post previously held by Kate ...
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A simplified Chinese and English bilingual edition of American Born Chinese, winner of 2007 Michael L. Printz Award by Gene Luen Yang. This engaging graphic novel containing the subjects of racism, self and cultural identity, illustrates daily life, troubles, pressures, and friendship of the youth. The book is short listed 2006 National Book Award Young People's Literature. Yang has been anointed by the Library of Congress as Ambassador for Young People's Literature for the 2016-2017 term, a post previously held by Kate DiCamillo. In Simplified Chinese/English. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
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This graphic novel is cleverly conceived and thoroughly engaging. It is essentially about the split in personal identity experienced by a young American-born Chinese, Jin Wang (perhaps a pseudonym for the author?) who both loathes his Chinese identity and desires to be something he is not, white. Woven in with his storyline is the ancient Chinese legend of the Monkey King, essentially the embodiment of Jin's desire and loathing. All throughout, Yang manages to weave in motifs of his Christian faith, but he does so non-intrusively. Kudos to Yang for a great work of fiction which will inspire its readers.
