While Danny is among the popular kids in school, his life is negatively affected whenever Chi-Kee visits. He wants his subjects to hail him as a god.Ĭhin-kee is ruining Yang’s cousin’s life. Even with all this success, the Monkey King does not want to be a monkey. The king can muster the kung-fu act and become the most powerful monkey on earth. The monkey king tale is centered on a monkey who is adored by all his subjects and excels in all he does. Aside from dealing with the stigma associated with his Chinese ancestry, he also has to figure the new and strong feelings he has for the girls he has a crush on. It does not help that he has deep feelings for an all-American girl who is leaving him more than flustered. Things get tough when Wang starts to get the brunt of bullies who constantly pick on him for being different.
Wang and his family have just moved to a new neighborhood, and to his surprise, he is the only Chinese American student in his school. The story of Wang is a prominent tale in this comic.
The book also includes the Tale of Chin-Kee, the negative Chinese stereotype, and the effect it has of Yang’s cousin Danny. There is the Tale of All Jin Wang, a young boy who wants nothing but to fit in, and the great Chinese fable of the Monkey King. Other notable books by Yang include Duncan’s Kingdom and Avatar: The Last Air bender.Īmerican Born Chinese is a comic comprising of three unrelated tales that are linked by an unexpected twist. Later, he received the National Book Award for his American Born Chinese comic. Yang got the Xeric Grant in 1997 for his Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks comic when he was getting into adulthood. He started drawing comic books while in fifth grade, and he has never looked back. Gene Luen Yang is an American author of graphic novels and comics books. Johnson)Īvatar Volume 5: The Last Airbender (By:Michael Dante DiMartino,Bryan Konietzko)Īvatar Volume 6: The Last Airbender (By:Michael Dante DiMartino,Bryan Konietzko)Īvatar Volume 7: The Last Airbender (By:Michael Dante DiMartino,Bryan Konietzko)Īvatar Volume 8: The Last Airbender (By:Michael Dante DiMartino,Bryan Konietzko)Īvatar: The Last Airbender the Art of the Animated Series (By:Michael Dante DiMartino,Bryan Konietzko) How to Draw Avatar: The Last Airbender (By:Shane L. Avatar Volume 1: The Last Airbender (By:Michael Dante DiMartino,Bryan Konietzko)Īvatar Volume 2: The Last Airbender (By:Michael Dante DiMartino,Bryan Konietzko)Īvatar Volume 3: The Last Airbender (By:Michael Dante DiMartino,Bryan Konietzko)Īvatar Volume 4: The Last Airbender (By:Michael Dante DiMartino,Bryan Konietzko)
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