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Roaring Brook Press
September 2006
On Sale: September 5, 2006
240 pages
ISBN: 1596431520
EAN: 9781596431522
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All Jin Wang 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 his
school. Jocks and 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... 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... 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... These three apparently unrelated tales come together with
an unexpected twist, in a modern fable that is hilarious,
poignant, and action-packed. American Born Chinese is an
amazing ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax -
and confirms what a growing number of readers already know:
Gene Yang is a major talent.
Awards, January 2007
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