American+Born+Chinese

=American Born Chinese= A great graphic novel that consists of of 3 stories that eventually merge together which is the climax and were the conflict is solved. = =


 * Author:Gene Luang Yang**
 * Genre: Graphic novel**
 * Setting: American school, Himalayas**
 * Main Characters**: Monkey king, Chin-kee, Danny, Jin wang.

**Summary of the Plot** Story #1 The first story is about a american citizen named Jin Wang who was born in china. He's not liking America as much as china and is having a tough time making new friends. He then meets a kid who's from tiawan and they become best friends. His name is Wei Chen. Later in the story, Wei starts going out with this girl named Suzy Nakamura, who is from china. Wei and Jin become angry at each other for multiple reasons which leads to Jin kissing Suzy. ,

2nd story – In the 2nd story, it follows a monkey who was born from a rock and is named Monkey king. He trains in the art of Kung- Fu and becomes a Grand Master. he's invited to a dinner party in the heavens and is told to leave because he is not wearing shoes. He becomes angry and destroys everyone there. The next morning he is sentenced to death by King. By that time the Monkey king has immortality and when the kings gaurd cuts his head of it reataches. He then meets his so called "creator" and challenges him to a fight and losses. The creator of the monkey king proves that he is the creator and ends the second story.

3rd story –﻿The 3rd story is about an american named Danny, who's cousin is coming to visit from China. His name is Chin-Kee. He is very into the culture of china and has a very big Chinese accent. He also dresses in traditional Chinese uniform. He embaresses Danny in many ways. He even takes one of Danny's friends Coke and urinates in it. =Evaluation= Great book. Absaloutly loved it﻿. Recomend it to anyone who can read. Its also hard to put down. =Links= Heres a link to the authors biography [|**Gene Luang Yang Biography**] Here a wikipedia page to the book American Born Chinese Wikipedia