Author
Gene Luen Yang
4 books here
Boxers and Saints
Graphic novel · ages 13–18 · 680L
A masterwork of perspective and moral complexity—two halves of the same historical atrocity told from inside both worldviews, devastating and impossible to forget.
Dragon Hoops
Graphic novel · ages 10–14 · 520L · 2020
A graphic novel about basketball and belonging that actually earns its emotional weight — Yang's art carries the story, and the diverse Brooklyn setting and Chinese American protagonist feel lived-in, not tokenized.
American Born Chinese
Graphic novel · ages 10–14 · 650L · 2006
The gold standard for graphic novels about race and identity—Yang weaves myth, humor, and real pain into a narrative that hits harder on rereads.
Level Up
Graphic novel · ages 10–14 · 520L · 2011
Yang's best work for this age: a genuinely moving father-son story wrapped in video-game metaphor that respects both the medium and the immigrant experience without preaching.