Author: Gene Luen Yang
Publisher: First Second
Published: 01/09/2024
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 8.78h x 6.35w x 1.05d
ISBN: 9781626728103
Age Range: 14-18
Review Citation(s): Booklist 11/01/2023 pg. 53
Publishers Weekly 12/04/2023
School Library Journal 12/01/2023 pg. 69
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2024 pg. 103
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2024
About the Author
Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels. As the Library of Congress's fifth National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, he advocates for the importance of reading, especially reading diversely. His graphic novel American Born Chinese, a National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner, has been adapted into a streaming series on Disney+. His two-volume graphic novel Boxers & Saints won the LA Times Book Prize and was a National Book Award finalist. His nonfiction graphic novel Dragon Hoops received an Eisner Award and a Printz honor. His other comics works include Secret Coders (with Mike Holmes), The Shadow Hero (with Sonny Liew), as well as Superman Smashes the Klan and the Avatar: The Last Airbender series (both with Gurihiru). In 2016, he was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow.
geneyang.com
@geneluenyang
LeUyen Pham has illustrated more than one hundred books for children, including the Caldecott Honor book
Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris and the bestselling Princess in Black series by Shannon and Dean Hale. She is the cocreator, along with Shannon Hale, of the bestselling graphic memoirs
Real Friends, Best Friends, and
Friends Forever. Her own books include
The Bear Who Wasn't There and
Big Sister, Little Sister. A graduate of the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, LeUyen lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.
LeUyenPham.com
@uyenloseordraw
