American Born Chinese Scott Jason Smith just as fourteen-year-old Marjane was

just as fourteen-year-old Marjane was leaving behind her home in Tehran

personal look at a mother-daughter relationship

internet "fame

she tosses her baby teeth into the old fairy well and makes a wish

essays by Charles Johnson and Ronald Wimberly

American Born Chinese Scott Jason Smith just as fourteen-year-old Marjane wasBy Gene Luen Yang. Published by First Second. Softcover, A tour de force by New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he's the only Chinese American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin Kee, a