American Born Chinese is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Gene Luen Yang, published in 2006 by First Second Books. It interweaves three narratives, a retelling of the Monkey King legend, a Chinese American boy's struggle with his identity, and a teenager embarrassed by a cousin who embodies racial stereotypes, using their eventual convergence to examine belonging and cultural acceptance. It won the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award and the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album, New, and was a finalist for the National Book Award, becoming one of the first graphic novels to receive major mainstream literary recognition.
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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
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United States
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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.
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American Born Chinese is a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang.
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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,
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Gene Luen Yang
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American Born Chinese is a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang.
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