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You are bidding on a used copy of America Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. It is a former library copy but is in excellent condition. The book chronicles three different tales in graphic novel format. The first tale is the legendary folk tale of The Monkey King, which is renowned all through China and in many parts of Asia. This story is from the fairy tale, but is not the same as the traditional one, it changed some details. This tale includes the Monkey king who is born of stone becoming something that he isn't. While doing this he masters the twelve disciplines of Kung-Fu.

The second tale is the story of a second-generation child of immigrants from China named Jin Wang, who still is heavily influenced by Chinese culture. The story follows his life through the making of his best friend, to him falling in love with a girl, and many adventures in between.

The third tale follows the story of an American boy named Danny, whose Chinese cousin Chin-Kee comes and visits every year. Chin-Kee is the ultimate Chinese stereotype in terms of accent, fashion sense, hairstyle, appearance, and hobbies.

The high school Danny attends is called "Oliphant High School", which Yang has said he named after political cartoonist Pat Oliphant, in response to a comic he took offense to. Many of Chin-Kee's stereotypical quirks are also lifted from this cartoon.

Also, Jin wants to be something that he is not very much like: the Monkey King.

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