American Born Chinese

Gene Luen Yang illustrates well what it means to be different and wanting badly to fit in. While his Jin Wang's story is about being the lone Chinese-American at his school you could easily insert any sort of difference and any kid could relate. I remember not wanting to identify with being Japanese at all when I was younger. Of course, the older I got the more I wanted to connect with my ethnicity, but growing up and being in the minority I wanted to be anything but different.

As with his other work I've read his writing is wonderful and his art is superb. The story jumps from one character to the next, but in the end everything begins to meld together and form one whole story. I can't find anything to complain about!