ABCBookReview-byJanelLucas

4 in 1! By: Janel Lucas Have you ever read a book that tells a story of four main characters instead of one? I'm sure you have, but does the author amalgamate all the characters to show the relationship between them? Well Gene Yang does just that in American Born Chinese. American Born Chinese is a semi-autobiographical book.This makes the book really fascinating. This graphic novel is about four different people, Monkey King, Jin Wang, Wei-Chen Sun, and Danny. They don't know each other except Wei-Chen and Jin who are best friends in elementary and go through middle school together, Danny is in high school, and The Monkey King is a god in the heavens of a mountain. In each individual story they get let down or they don't like something about themselves or their lives.They try to change themselves and realize that they should except themselves for who they are. Gene Yang made it clear in this book that you should except who and what you are. I believe this is great message in the story and something kids should take in when they read this story. I really liked this book for various reasons. I liked that American Born Chinese was a graphic novel because you were able to see the author's view on the characters' personalities and how the author thinks they should look. I liked that it changed form different characters in each chapter and there was more than main character. I enjoy reading books with multiple main characters; it provides more exciting things to be learned throughout the book. One main character seems to be just revolving around them and not others. I highly recommend this captivating graphic novel to any 7th-12th graders because they maybe could relate to any of the main characters. Maybe some adults could read this book for a jolt of confidence. So in all American Born Chinese is a perfect book for anyone.