His nonfiction graphic novel, Dragon Hoops, received an Eisner award and a Printz honor. His two-volume graphic novel Boxers & Saints won the LA Times Book Prize and was a National Book Award Finalist. His graphic novel American Born Chinese, a National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner, has been adapted into an original series on Disney+. He was named a National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress in 2016, and advocates for the importance of reading, especially reading diversely.

Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels. 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. American Born Chinese is an amazing ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax.Īmerican Born Chinese is the winner of the 2007 Michael L. Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable. Printz Award winner, a National Book Award finalist, and a New York Times bestseller!Ī 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.

American born chinese by gene luen yang