Messy roots : a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American
Gao, Laura2022
Book
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 Marsat 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.
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, illustratorXu, Weiwei (Illustrator), illustrator
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York : Balzer+Bray, [2022]©2022
Collation:
269 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 23 cm
Audience:
Ages 14 up. Balzer + Bray.Grades 10-12. Balzer + Bray.
ISBN:
9780063067769 (paperback)
Dewey class:
973.04951092741.5973
Language:
English
Subject:
Gao, Laura -- Comic books, strips, etcGao, LauraChinese Americans -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etcChinese Americans -- BiographyImmigrants -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etcImmigrants -- United States -- BiographyLesbians -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etcLesbians -- BiographySexual minority students -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etcSexual minority students -- United States -- BiographyWuhan (China)Wuhan (China) -- Comic books, strips, etcAutobiographiesAutobiographical comicsQueer comicsComics (Graphic works)
BRN:
446792