American Born Chinese-Gene Luen Yang

American Born Chinese a comic/graphic novel .  Gene Luen Yang weaves three stories into one and shows us a look at the life of a Chinese American teenager and his trials and tribulations of being different.  Jin is a new kid in the neighborhood who discovers that he is the only Chinese-American student at his school. This story is for every kid who felt out of place or different.   This story includes some  specific cultural icons: the much-beloved Monkey King, a figure familiar to Chinese kids the world over, and a buck-toothed amalgamation of racist stereotypes named Chin-Kee.