US $16.95 / CAN $22.95 Il Jin Wang wants is to fit in When his family moves.to anew neighborhood, he Suddenly finds thache’s the only Chinese-American student at his school. Jocks and bullies pick on him constantly, and he has hardly any friend®. Then, to make matters worse, he fills in love with an all-American git. ‘omn co rule over all the monkeys in Baa | rcreric he aeea Neca PP | King, is one off the\oldest and greatest Chinese fables, Adored by subjects, thaster of the afts of kung-fu, he is the most powerful monkey on earth», But the Monkey King doesn'twant to be a monkey. He wants to be hailed as 2 god. hin-Kee is the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, and he’s ruining his cousin Danny's life. Danny's a basketball player, a popular kid at school, but every year Chin-Keee comes to visit, and every year Danny has to transfer to a new school to escape the shame, This yeas, though, things quickly go from bad to worse. These three apparently unrelated tales come together with an unexpected twist, ina modern fable that is hilarious, poignant, and aetion- packed, American Born Chinese is an amazing, ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax— and confirms whata growing number of readers already know: Gene Yang is a major talent. 0906NOGNOT23 YYOA ANN ‘puorag {Std LD: daig eq Aq Ajo Cue ua] 2945fog aSeyia asouemey 94) SuoL-YY Jo souoas sty 105 “eg puy Suny foyuoyy 2up Jo sou0rs 194 105 TW OL.An de>Wii GL Gay9014 WON B30 swanoo wera wos snow A | "awa sn corsiiedss ‘ uw Y LON 30 Save o3HSv14 IHL ‘aNadO 1Sul $33 SH NBHM HVa (eam \__ Pech) ee a (4d 29MM SIL OLM 13738 OL a anewsar1 ‘ a aed & shoes&% ‘2H 03/014 NOS 3H NBHN ia k3NB >2 gi)DB of)sppa oi}08 NIKO Wows AWM BHL Th GOOHYOBHOISN NO OL O3/0W AUNBO3E KIM SH OMe 3H JOOHOS AaNaWa7a ¥aMOT4MW Jv 30% A [<¢ Fh xx 7m _| aun syssasauo ‘saw OL 440 1N35 Su 'S3HLOTO AW MioNWaONA Tus [7 b= Be | _ 280" aI0 0 40 N35 2H HLM OaNeRaY 3m B9LAv ONNBOW 3H NO faeoi) 325g4D1dOL 3H. NO 3%4.3M BONIS "INV TSW MOND NOK NOUDwEL IW 40 $2940 STUY HBO NA { beeie | | i Xefnl os] 3 UL <7 L|] a7 - YH Sp 7 4 65 wet SL | fa Naar) rm OdletvH05og19 1380 3H 3N'393¥ OL 1s sum vas RaBS¥3 3H 30 DNDN NOOTEO ONT OF rai a "N3A03H 30 TV (OL 2WWN NN AW BONTIONNY OL8 i 8 8 5. 5 2 gs 67él AHL T?y 30 ONS 3HL 1 ‘SSHAL ‘GUY Td 3HL 40 3NO OLN BWYNSIH O3mwv 3995 1v3HO BHL 'NOULINOOD3Y HO SOND YNO LO SSIWO13NO wBNIN(dt NOT ATinawy wy W338 Ov LD "4 735Wil 03/3173 3H NBL3LbgL esa0888 (HOOT LNSUMT a NAN "BH 40 BAYMY SYIAT WOO SHL Ni BONSS3Hd S7BIONW L ¥ BW¥I38 SHS NO NBHL Wows NYNBHO-aM ONITISL 340338 HINOW 71nd Y¥Os S1BSAW AG SONI 353HL O5YSONOd I06a is56981001012NBHO-13¢0 aHLOLe JLNY VEL 3H AVHO SNL Anyi ano MONN INHL WOW MONA LNOG —-vonW AEBAindasanaam Sul-sIDUDHLoWw G OLNO9 SALNGINOD 3H uy poruosarg “amo sepdod ayo uw ned ae sropoury sp Bune styl ap moqe Suns popup Sm oHY eras tg 281 Aq Buojoo :Buex 2u95 / 9uN4> wog ue>HOUTy suas Sux, aig] uoneoyigng-Ur-Burfopere5 siaifu0s jo AsesqrT cuorssusod q pose, panosas “aypayseny 5994 arenbs a1npy g Ba muus9q] Pp yo jrey>q wo SHB Ty SuysyQNg xOA WorueYg Y “dio> qn auePoUTE, sure, 1npy opunus9gy“isnyy PEON OTT UNL, A LY/NHOS 0007 @ PruD 29 gPseURyy Ma siueq aus uay Buypy ond 4q sdoy> ax0uIy 5, “poporo$a0n, rue] 49 ws9q] uejyuiseyy 4q wopBury porrur >mp Ut Fomansigy 1 Auedwor pur wuog °¢"H Aq epeuey wt pamquasicy -poniosar Bis ITV 1001 AN HOR SN ‘OnUDAY YALA SLT qysiounseg POUR] sSurpjop Surysyqng yuuqajoy Jo woIsatp € ‘214 ooug Surrey Jo audit Ue st puodng asf puorag rs1.y £q pO4sgng Burg 2095 4q 9907 @ my844do3 ‘Ue UDEPY VEY JO UOSTAIP ¥ syoog SU>y opto 9 >HOK MON purrs ed 0:uasuaf isng viouodopaq] ssof propery uepeuol unyp wove noyd wa eo] yur uo] vos|O euneys Suopy vos|O wEqIy roy A104 sineqy wey Apjueyy A20f [parepy Apuy MEPPY 2859[, vBiyg uose[ wiurepy assof wreyg wary, popor08i0y vorueq uasuepy Apnf pSarg ep Utd ELT WSL BTL Iq Suey uof Suex wry qioy, Sueg wry esoxyy, no, yueyy,DUO ssoPaTPoW 24], yoog 21u05 Asesoy ayy, JpPIO wey ag ues a1 pur uIYD rjokor] 8995 aup Jo Bury oyp pue orowreureg, uopsos Burg auay Aq os[yene Yang began drawing comic lV books in the fifth grade. In 1997, he received the Xeric Grant, a asso prestigious comics.industry grant, for Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks, his firse comics work as an adult, He has since written and drawn a numberof titles Duncan's Kingdom (with arc by Derek Kirk Kit and The Rosary Comic Book. He lives in ché San Francisco Bay Area with his lovely Kolbe, and teaches computer science at a Roman Catholic high school. fe, Thetesa, and son Jacket art © 2006 by Gene Vang Jacket design by Danica Novgorodoff Printed in the United States of America ‘Il First Second NEW YORK & LONDON “Asan Asian American, American Born Chinese, is the book I've been Waiting for all my life” = Derek Kirk Kim