| ISBN |
9780063067769 (paperback) |
| Name |
Gao, Laura author, illustrator. |
| Title |
Messy roots : a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American / Laura Gao ; with color and art assistance by WeiWei Xu. |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Published |
New York : Balzer+Bray, [2022] |
| ©2022 |
| Description |
269 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 23 cm |
| 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 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. |
| Target audience note |
Ages 14 up. Balzer + Bray. |
| Grades 10-12. Balzer + Bray. |
| Subjects |
Gao, Laura -- Comic books, strips, etc |
| Gao, Laura -- Juvenile literature |
| Chinese Americans -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc |
| Chinese Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature |
| Immigrants -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc |
| Immigrants -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature |
| Lesbians -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc |
| Lesbians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature |
| Sexual minority students -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc |
| Sexual minority students -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature |
| Wuhan (China) -- Juvenile literature |
| Wuhan (China) -- Comic books, strips, etc |
| Genre |
Autobiographies |
| Autobiographical comics |
| Queer comics |
| Comics (Graphic works) |
| Other Names |
Xu, Weiwei (Illustrator) illustrator. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
- Autobiographical comics .
- Autobiographies .
- Chinese Americans -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc .
- Chinese Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature .
- Comics (Graphic works) .
- Gao, Laura -- Comic books, strips, etc .
- Gao, Laura -- Juvenile literature .
- Immigrants -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc .
- Immigrants -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature .
- Lesbians -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc .
- Lesbians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature .
- Queer comics .
- Sexual minority students -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc .
- Sexual minority students -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature .
- Wuhan (China) -- Comic books, strips, etc .
- Wuhan (China) -- Juvenile literature .
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