num_pages: 240
description: 
  A tour-de-force by rising indy comics star Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells 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. Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable. American Born Chinese is an amazing ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax.
   
  
    
      American Born Chinese is a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, the winner of the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New, an Eisner Award nominee for Best Coloring and a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
    
  

language: English
title: American Born Chinese
titlecomplete: American Born Chinese
characters: Wei-Chen Sun, Jin Wang, Suzy Nakamura, Amelia Harris
genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Coming Of Age, Young Adult, Graphic Novels Comics, School, Middle Grade, Graphic Novels, Teen, Comics
ratings_count: 91668
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Michael L. Printz Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: James Cook Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
category: Best Graphic Album - New, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Young People's Literature, awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: One Book One San Diego
category: Young Adult
publisher: First Second