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A review by robbynjreeve
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
2.0
REQUIRED READING
This is the first graphic novel I've read, and I was curious to see what it would be like. I liked it more than I thought I would. Seemingly following three separate stories, the monkey king, Jin Wang, and Danny, these stories converge in the middle and the moral becomes clear: be yourself. Whether that be a monkey king, lower than the gods and not all-powerful, an American Born Chinese struggling to fit in a new school, or a monkey turned human searching to prove that their is good in humanity.
This is the first graphic novel I've read, and I was curious to see what it would be like. I liked it more than I thought I would. Seemingly following three separate stories, the monkey king, Jin Wang, and Danny, these stories converge in the middle and the moral becomes clear: be yourself. Whether that be a monkey king, lower than the gods and not all-powerful, an American Born Chinese struggling to fit in a new school, or a monkey turned human searching to prove that their is good in humanity.