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This book detailed the story of a girl from China and her adventures and ups and downs of family and finding herself and Covid at home and in America. I felt sorry the discrimination she faced and the limitations her family wanted to put on her. I liked it. It wasn‘t as heavy as the last one which was good. I would highly recommend it 😉😊🫶🏽🩷😎

I COULD NOT PUT THIS DOWN. I'll admit I'm pretty new to the graphic novel genre, but this is already my favorite one.

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A moving and amusing memoir in graphic novel format about adjusting to a new life in America after immigrating from China as a child. On top of all of the bi-cultural identity negotiations, and shyness, and anti-Asian racism, she‘s attracted to girls. #LGBTQ #comics

It‘s heartening to know that Gene Luen Yang‘s American Born Chinese had a positive effect on author Laura Gao when she immigrated to the USA as a child. It mirrored aspects of her own experiences with racism and self-hatred.

In February 2020, the author and her brother were flying home to the USA after visiting family in Wuhan. Their dilemma: follow their mother‘s instructions to keep face masks on for protection from illness during transit, or else take them off to be spared 20 hours of dirty looks from fellow passengers.

Fantastic memoir about “growing up a queer Chinese-American immigrant in Texas.” Aimed at a YA audience, Gao‘s memoir touches on important themes including immigration, sexuality, assimilation & racism. It‘s a powerful story about identity & belonging, about leaving home & about how hard it can be to go back (even for a visit) & how a pandemic can make your hometown, Wuhan, a household name for all the wrong reasons. On sale 2/15/22.