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Messy roots : a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American Cover Image Book Book

Messy roots : a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American / Laura Gao ; with color and art assistance by Weiwei Xu.

Gao, Laura, (author,, artist.).

Summary:

"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]

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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Subject: Gao, Laura > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Chinese Americans > Texas > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature > Biography.
Immigrants > Texas > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Sexual minority students > Texas > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Wuhan (China) > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Graphic novels.

Available copies

  • 15 of 16 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Poplar Bluff Municipal Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Poplar Bluff - Main Library.

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