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Messy roots : a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American / Laura Gao ; with color and art assistance by Weiwei Xu.
"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 a 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." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063067776
- ISBN: 0063067773
- ISBN: 9780800029654
- ISBN: 0800029658
- ISBN: 9780063067769
- ISBN: 0063067765
- Physical Description: 269 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Balzer + Bray/Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Chiefly illustrations. Publisher, publishing date, and paging may vary. |
| Target Audience Note: | 14-17 years |
| Awards Note: | MASL Dogwood |
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| Genre: | Autobiographies. Biographies. Graphic novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Poplar Bluff - Main Library | YA FIC GRAPHIC GAO (Text) | 38420101780571 | COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS (YA) | Available | - |
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Messy Roots: a Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American
"Messy Roots is a laugh-out-loud, heartfelt, and deeply engaging story of their journey to find themself--as an American, as the daughter of Chinese immigrants, as a queer person, and as a Wuhanese American in the middle of a pandemic."--Malaka Gharib, author of I Was Their American Dream 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.
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