Ranked #16 in Identity, Ranked #16 in Chinese — see more rankings.
All Jin Wang wants is to fit in. When his family moves to a new neighborhood, he suddenly finds that he's the only Chinese American student at his school. Jocks and bullies pick on him constantly, and he has hardly any friends. Then, to make matters worse, he falls in love with an all-American girl...
Born to rule over all the monkeys in the world, the story of the Monkey King is one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables. Adored by his subjects, master of the arts of kung-fu, he is the most powerful monkey on earth. But the Monkey King doesn't want to be a monkey. He wants to... more
Born to rule over all the monkeys in the world, the story of the Monkey King is one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables. Adored by his subjects, master of the arts of kung-fu, he is the most powerful monkey on earth. But the Monkey King doesn't want to be a monkey. He wants to... more
Rankings by Category
American Born Chinese is ranked in the following categories:
- #67 in 13-Year-Old
- #86 in 14-Year-Old
- #79 in 8th Grade
- #88 in 9th Grade
- #33 in Asian
- #82 in China
- #30 in Diversity
- #36 in Graduate School
- #85 in Immigration
- #59 in Multiculturalism