American Born Chinese

Name: American Born Chinese
ISBN: 9781596431522

by Gene Luen Yang

Eisner Award · 2007 · WinnerMichael L. · 2007 · Winner

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First SecondSeptember 6, 2006Graphic NovelsISBN 9781596431522

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album – New	2007	Winner
Michael L. Printz Award	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 YangUS

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.