A Michael L. Printz Award winner a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times
bestseller! A tour-de-force by New York Times bestselling graphic novelist 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 the winner of
the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award 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 a 2007 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year and a New York
Times bestseller. This title has Common Core Connections
