01876cam a2200325 4500 603556379 TxAuBib 20220830120000.0 220302s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021939649 9780063067769 pbk. 0063067765 pbk. (OCoLC)1301361417 TxAuBib Gao, Laura, illustrator. Messy roots : a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American / Laura Gao ; with color and art assistance by Weiwei Xu. First edition. New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] ©2022. 269 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm. 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. 014-017. 20220830. Gao, Laura Comic books, strips, etc Young adult fiction. Chinese Americans Texas Biography Young adult fiction. Immigrants Texas Biography Young adult fiction. Sexual minority students Texas Biography Comic books, strips, etc Young adult fiction. Wuhan (China) Comic books, strips, etc Young adult fiction. Autobiography.