When it comes to graphic novels this is one of the best. American Born Chinese is a gateway book. After reading it you will only want to read more, read bigger novels, read better novels. Yang's pictures explode out of the book at you and the story is sad, funny, action packed, and an overall learning experience. There is no way you won't put this book down. I challenge you!

This book is, quite frankly, brilliant. Three sets of main characters swap the narrative throug out the story. There is the main story of Jin Wang, the American child of Chinese parents who is desperate to fit in at his new school. A school where he is the only one of Chinese descent. There is the purely mythological story of the Monkey King, based on Chinese Folklore. Finally, there is that of Danny, a supposedly white teenager who has to deal with the visit of his somehow Chinese cousin, Chin-kee, who is every racist, Chinese stereotype rolled up into one. Author Yang takes three seemingly unrelated stories, and roles them up into one by the end of the book. And then end, while bittersweet is just right.

I thought this was a great book, even though I got a little confused by the ending. Great illustrations... this would be a great book to teach kids about different cultures and adapting to a new culture... It changed the way I look at new immigrants and gave me a better understanding of how they feel

In this comic, Gene Luen Yang shifts between three inter-related stories about identity, fitting in and wanting to be accepted by others. The main character is a Chinese American who's trying to be accepted by White American culture. But like all good parables this story resonates with us all.