Overview of the three stories that are included in the fantastic graphic novel by Gene Yang, winner of the 2007 Printz Award.

1. American Born Chinese by Gene Yang Three Alternating Stories: Monkey King, a hero of Chinese folk tales Jin Wang, an Asian-American boy who attends an all-white school Chin-Kee, an embodiment of all negative Chinese Stereotypes

2. American Born Chinese First graphic novel to win the Printz Award Finalist for the National Book Award

4. Have you ever wished you were more like someone else?

6. 3 Stories A B C “All Jin Wang wants is to fit in…” “Born to rule over all the monkeys in the world, the story of the Monkey King…” “Chin-Kee is the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype…”

7. Jin-Wang p. 30 Understanding Why Jin Felt Alienated at School “Anti-Chinese Agitation” http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/chinese/history4.html

9. http://www.humblecomics.com/monkey/mkchar.html

10. Chin-Kee Does acknowledging a stereotype perpetuate it? Read Gene Yang’s response: http://firstsecondbooks.typepad.com/mainblog/2007/05/gene_yang_on_st.html

12. Humble Comics, Gene Yang’s Website: http://www.geneyang.com/

13. Interview: Sire, Hillary, Community Relations Manager, Barnes & Noble. Telephone Interview. January 2008.

14. UXL Graphic Novelists. Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast. Sarah Hermsen, ed., 2007, Gale Virtual Reference Library.