American Born Chinese
Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album – New · 2007 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album – New | 2007 | Winner |
About This Book
Three interwoven stories—a Chinese-American boy's struggle to fit in, the mythological Monkey King's journey, and a sitcom-style parody of Asian stereotypes—converge in a profound meditation on identity, self-acceptance, and the cost of assimilation.
About the Author
Gene Luen Yang is an American cartoonist, author, and former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. He won the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album – New in 2007 for American Born Chinese, the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award. In 2025 he won again for Lunar New Year Love Story with illustrator LeUyen Pham.
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