“‘To punish me for Wei-Chun’s failure.’
‘No, no. Wei-Chun’s choice was his own. I am not so foolish as to believe you have power over his will. You misunderstand my intentions, Jin. I did not come to punish you.
I came to serve as your conscience—as a signpost to your soul.’
‘What am I supposed to do now?’
‘You know, Jin, I would have saved myself from Five Hundred Years’ Imprisonment beneath a mountain of rock had I only realized how GOOD it is to be a MONKEY.’”

Explore the life of Chinese American culture through three interrelated stories that explore what makes us unique and different.

A brief summary of this story is about a kid that his family was Chinese but his family is American. He feels left out in school he gets bullied in school but he doesn't care he all ways tris hard in school. He finds a friend that he is Japanese,they have a lot in common. he goes thru struggles in his life .i read a book similar called “The Diary Of A Wimpy Kid” the main character also struggles in his life thru the story. I recommend both books because they are both funny.i recommend these book for anybody.

An excellent and deftly crafted story about identity.

My book is american born chinese in this book you going to read about a different things about jing wang and how he starting at a new school and is the only chinese boy and he has this crush on this girl that he's dying for and he's unsure about messing with her sooner or later his cousin wei-chei comes every year and jin wang is annoyed by him and feels as if the girls he's dreaming for inst going to like him back because of his cousin but little does he know wei-chie is someone secretly watching him because jin wang is the chosen one from the monkey lords decipher.
My thoughts on the book is that it's a really good book if you put you mind to it and really take the time to read it. It's a cool humorous comic book that had a lot of good parts the author did a good job on making it good and i plan i reading more in the series of book this author makes .
I recommend this book to someone that has a good sense of humor and like comics. If you got a adventurous mind and like to find out why is something like how it is . while reading you will have a lot of questions you want to find out about the book

As Jin, the Monkey King, and Danny share their journey and experiences with readers in three different stories, readers find themselves entwined between three different lives, each with a similar problem, resolving them in an almost similar way. With the Monkey King, it’s the story of power, recognition, and sacrifice. As the Monkey king changes his ways from learning from his mistakes, he becomes an example of sacrifice, of how a true leader, saviour, helper, and hero should be like. As for Jin, Wang is a third-grader when he moves to Mayflower Elementary School from his home in San Francisco. Struggling to fit in and make friends, he finds himself in a life he doesn’t really like. When he meets Wei-Chen, a boy who moved to the same school from Taiwan only two months after Jin Wang did, Jin finds his true self with his friendship to Wei-Chen. For Danny, an American-boy, it’s his cousin that truly embarrasses him. With all three stories filled with love, hatred, sacrifice, revenge, and finding ones true form, Yang truly does show the world through new lenses.
- @Bibliomaniac of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library

A story told through three interwoven tales about being true to yourself, confronting stereotypes, and feeling like an outsider in your own country. Good for opening a unique window into someone else's life.

This book is amazing~~~

A wonderful, touching story, about three seemingly unrelated stories but at the end come together with a clever twist. An amazing graphic novel, hilarious and a must read.

A very well done graphic novel with an excellent story