This book alternates between three different story lines. The first, by far my favourite, is about the Monkey King, who teaches himself all the different branches of Kung Fu until he is not only invulnerable and immortal, but also able to fly, make himself huge, shrink down or shapeshift. He wants t...
I good YA graphic novel about Dennis, a young man trying to find his way. Does he want to be a gastroenterologist, as his parents always hoped? Or does he want to be a professional gamer? Why do they want him to be a doctor so badly? And what does he really care about in life?You can change your min...
This is an excellent book, the drawings are great and I love how the Joan of Arc sequences are drawn in gold.I also learned I know appallingly little about the Boxer Rebellion. I will be reading [book:Boxers|17210470] next, so perhaps I will learn a bit. I guess it it supposed to be first, but that'...
I couldn't figure out why the story just felt so disconnected for me. I thought the overall message was good but how it was presented was strange. This is the first time I've read a children graphic novel. I am unsure if this is how they all work. It wasn't for me.
This National Book Award finalist YA graphic novel explores the ideas of the American Dream for immigrants and their children, who might not meet some of the parameters. Three seemingly separate stories—of Monkey from the ancient tale Monkey: The Journey to the West; of Jin, the son of immigrants; a...
And the conclusion to the duology was just as good as the first one. It fills in some gaps that the first one left you off with and properly shows you the ending to the whole series as well. It's heartbreaking, emotional, and painful all around. This series is not for the faint of heart, but it is a...
I have been a fan of Gene Luen Yang since I've read his American Born Chinese graphic novel. I've read quite a lot of his works since then as well. So when I heard he wrote another graphic novel duology, I was more than excited to read it. And I quite like this one. Yang's artwork is still very si...
I preferred this volume over "Boxers"! There is an amazing visual that just caught my breath and when I was finally done, I needed to take the rest of the day before being able to start another book.
Admittedly, I know very little about the Boxer Rebellion but I really enjoyed this graphic novel, the story it told, and the way it told its story. I'm very excited to read volume two ("Saints") and see the other side of this story.
I was in 8th grade when I first read American Born Chinese. I loved it but re-reading this book took my love to a whole new level. So what prompted this re-read you ask? Well, I was reading The Arrival, another great graphic novel, for one of my classes and then suddenly, I remembered ABC. I remembe...
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