American Born Chinese

American Born Chinese

2006 • 250 pages

Ratings96

Average rating3.9

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Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format.

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Clear artwork, intersected narratives, and allusions to historical myths made this read enjoyable two times through.

November 11, 2013

wow so metaphorical! interesting story and so powerful and true, the illustrations were nice, but reading Chinkee's dialogues was hard, I know it was intentional though. I like that all three POVs come together, really cool.

August 25, 2023

Loved this. Especially how the three stories that seemed completely unrelated merged and intersected, and reading back over to see how perfectly set up that was.

January 19, 2013