Messy roots : a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American
Gao, Laura2022
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After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas, where her hometown is as foreign as Mars - at least until 2020, when COVID-19 makes Wuhan a household name. In 'Messy Roots', Laura illustrates her coming-of-age as the girl who simply wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why girls make her heart flutter. Insightful, original, and hilarious, toggling seamlessly between past and present, China and America, Gao's debut is a tour de force of graphic storytelling.
Main title:
Messy roots : a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American / Laura Gao ; with color and art assistance by Weiwei Xu.
Author:
Gao, Laura, author, artistXu, Weiwei (Illustrator), colourist, artist
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, [2022]©2022
Collation:
269 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
Audience:
Adolescent.
ISBN:
9780063067769 (pbk)
Dewey class:
741.5976.4004951092
LC class:
E184.C5
Language:
English
Subject:
Gao, Laura -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- FictionGao, Laura -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literatureChinese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- FictionChinese Americans -- Texas -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literatureTeenage Non-FictionHistory and WarfareAutobiographical comic books, strips, etcYoung adult fictionTeenage FictionGeneral Stories
BRN:
3120642