American Born Chinese

American Born Chinese is a graphic novel written in 2006 by Gene Luen Yang.

The novel is comprised of three tales:
1. The first tale is about the Monkey King. This story is one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables. The monkey kind doesn't want to be a monkey, he wants to be hailed as a god even though he is already adored by his subjects, the most powerful monkey on earth and master of the arts of kung-fu. 
2. The second is about a Chinese American boy, Jin Wang. His family moves from a new neighborhood and all he wants is to fit in. He is constantly picked on by jocks and bullies and hardly has any friends. But then, to makes things worse, he falls in love with an all-American girl.
3. The third tale is about Chin-Kee; the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype. He comes to visit his American cousin, Danny. Danny is a popular kid at school, but every year when Chin-Kee visits Danny has to transfer to a new school to escape the shame. 

So, I tried using chogger to create a comic of this novel seeing as it would fit. However, after I posted my comic, I could not find it again. Luckily for me, I took a picture of it before posting. So, this is a blurb saying that I tried to use other ways of technology to present this novel, however, technology hates me! (:

I think this book would be great to use for reluctant, struggling readers. It even would be a great resource for students with social-cognitive disorders to help them find the motivation to learn, to relate a piece of text to their lives, and to use the graphics to help them understand/relate to the text. 

Below is a video with the author of the book: