Genre and Themes: Young Adult Fiction - graphic novel, China, boys, San Francisco
This multi narrative story has three different narrators. The first starts in ancient times in China with the Monkey King. He crashes a party from the gods and goddesses that he was not invited to and he is thrown out but not without making a mess of the place. The second narrator is Jin Wang who lives in Chinatown in San Francisco. His family decides to move to the Bay area where he was a difficult time fitting in because he is the only Asian there. It is not until he meet a Taiwanese boy that he begins to have friends. The third narrator is Danny who has an Asian cousin named Wei Chen who he terribly embarrassed about since he thinks Wei is the embodiment of every Asian stereotype. The story dips into every story until they begin to intertwine and become one story at the end.
Awards Won by This Title:
Nominated for National Book Award
ALA Michael Printz Award
Eisner Award
This multi narrative story has three different narrators. The first starts in ancient times in China with the Monkey King. He crashes a party from the gods and goddesses that he was not invited to and he is thrown out but not without making a mess of the place. The second narrator is Jin Wang who lives in Chinatown in San Francisco. His family decides to move to the Bay area where he was a difficult time fitting in because he is the only Asian there. It is not until he meet a Taiwanese boy that he begins to have friends. The third narrator is Danny who has an Asian cousin named Wei Chen who he terribly embarrassed about since he thinks Wei is the embodiment of every Asian stereotype. The story dips into every story until they begin to intertwine and become one story at the end.Awards Won by This Title:
Nominated for National Book Award
ALA Michael Printz Award
Eisner Award
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