NMLP P-009821 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

American Born Chinese

Gene Luen Yang · First Second (Roaring Brook Press) · 2006

US true first and the first graphic novel named a National Book Award finalist; it also won the Printz Award and an Eisner. The format of first issue was the trade paperback in 2006; a separate trade hardcover edition followed in 2007 and is a first-thus, not the original. The scarce 2006 limited hardcover is a premium state but not the standard trade format.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-009821 for "American Born Chinese" by Gene Luen Yang (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-009821, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).