false <![CDATA[American Born Chinese]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171765431m/118944.jpg 118944 7 114515 book 5 9 2006 American Born Chinese total:3741|5:1146|4:1544|3:817|2:188|1:46| 3741 14779 4802 918 5 6 false true Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 16:07:06 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 16:07:44 -0700 2008 Title: American Born Chinese
Author: Gene Luen Yang
Publisher: First Second Year: 2006
# of pages: 233 Genre: Graphic Novel
Reading level: 6th grade Interest level: 15 yrs old
Potential hot lava: some racist language, some violence

Ge...more...]]> 5 6 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 18:52:10 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 19:29:40 -0800 2007 Yang chooses an inter...more...]]> 4 4 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 21 16:14:50 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 21 16:15:34 -0800 2007
That might not strike you as odd, but really, for the type of story Yang tells, the comics industry has almost universally awarded such stories a black and white printing. If not autobiographical, ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 07:37:44 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 14:10:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 22:01:52 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 14:25:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 17:07:52 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 17:36:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 10:42:14 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 11:20:07 -0800 2008 American Born Chinese, First Second, 233 pages. Graphic Novel.

Description: This book tells three concurrent stories. In one, the Monkey King is punished for acting as though he is better than the gods and mortals around him. In the other two stories, Chinese American boy...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 07:20:30 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 20:00:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false true Wed Jun 11 08:43:21 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 08:44:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 14 22:51:47 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 22:52:37 -0700 2008 The story of Jin Wang is about a Chinese American kid trying to fit into the popular culture of America. He has a crush of a girl and we see him becoming brave enough to talk to her...more...]]> 4 1 false true Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 13:35:56 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 12:17:24 -0700 2008 Title American Born Chinese
Author Gene Luen Yang
Publisher First Second
Year 2006
# of pages 233
Genre Fiction, Graphic Novel
Reading level 13 and up
Interest level 13 and up
Potential hot lava: Suggested sex fantasy, bat...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 21:47:06 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 21:59:57 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 16:45:57 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 04:27:37 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 12:28:41 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 14:12:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 30 09:35:46 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 12:22:22 -0700 2007
The story line is really eye-opening to the issues of current-day assimilation, which are told through the eyes of the narrator Jing Jang. Carefully interwoven into Jing Jang's story are two other stories/fables tha...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 06:07:53 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 06:33:57 -0700 2007
American Born Chinese, in its theme and in its too hopeful ending,...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 21 11:47:38 -0700 2007 Sat May 26 07:17:47 -0700 2007
Yang weaves together thre...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 15 23:11:02 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 15 23:11:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 10:09:11 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 09:26:10 -0700 2007
My biggest complaint was that it seemed a little bit shallow. The theme,...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 10:11:16 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 10:15:11 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=118944