Alternates interrelated stories about three characters, including a Chinese American trying to participate in popular culture; a Chinese folk hero attempting to be worshipped as a god; and a teenager who is so ashamed by his Chinese cousin's behavior that he changes schools.
year: 2006, 2009
call number/section: 1000, 741.5, 741.59, 4, 7, 8
subjects: chinese americans, fiction, identity, schools, cartoons and comics, juvenile fiction, identity (psychology), school stories, identity (philosophical concept), comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, graphic novels, graphic novels
Editions
Yang, Gene Luen
First Second (2006)
Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format.
Schools: 43
Yang, Gene Luen
Square Fish (2009)
Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture.
Schools: 23
Yang, Gene Luen
Alternates interrelated stories about three characters, including a Chinese American trying to participate in popular culture; a Chinese folk hero attempting to be worshipped as a god; and a teenager who is so ashamed by his Chinese cousin's behavior that he changes schools.
Schools: 23
Yang, Gene Luen
Alternates interrelated stories about three characters, including a Chinese American trying to participate in popular culture; a Chinese folk hero attempting to be worshipped as a god; and a teenager who is so ashamed by his Chinese cousin's behavior that he changes schools.
Schools: 1
Yang, Gene
A graphic novel which examines issues of self-image, cultural identity, transformation, and self acceptance as Jin Wang moves with his family from Chinatown to an upper class suburb in San Francisco.
Schools: 0
Yang, Gene Luen
Alternates interrelated stories about three characters, including a Chinese American trying to participate in popular culture; a Chinese folk hero attempting to be worshipped as a god; and a teenager who is so ashamed by his Chinese cousin's behavior that he changes schools.
Schools: 0