Messy Roots
Messy Roots
By Laura Gao
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"Messy Roots is a laugh-out-loud, heartfelt, and deeply engaging story of their journey to find themself--as an American, as the daughter of Chinese immigrants, as a queer person, and as a Wuhanese American in the middle of a pandemic."--Malaka Gharib, author of I Was Their American Dream
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 Mars--at 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.
Insightful, original, and hilarious, toggling seamlessly between past and present, China and America, Gao's debut is a tour de force of graphic storytelling.
Book details
- Authors
- Laura Gao
- ISBN
- 9780063067769
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Binding
- Paperback
- Published
- Mar 8, 2022
- Publication year
- 2022
- Pages
- 272
- Dimensions
- 9.0 in × 0.75 in × 6.0 in
- Language
- en
- Categories
- Young Adult NonfictionComics & Graphic NovelsBiographyYOUNG ADULT NONFICTIONLGBTQSocial TopicsEmigration & Immigration