04124cam a2200949 i 4500 873513882 TxAuBib 20230628120000.0 220302s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063067776 0063067773 TxAuBib rda Gao, Laura,. 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. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier "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."--Front jacket flap. 014-017. 20230628. Gao, Laura Juvenile literature. Gao, Laura Comic books, strips, etc. Gao, Laura Cartoons and comics. Chinese Americans Texas Biography Juvenile literature. Chinese Americans Texas Comic books, strips, etc. Chinese Americans Texas Biography Cartoons and comics. Immigrants Texas Biography Juvenile literature. Immigrants Texas Biography Comic books, strips, etc. Immigrants Texas Cartoons and comics. Sexual minority students Texas Biography Juvenile literature. Sexual minority students Texas Biography Comic books, strips, etc. Sexual minority students Texas Cartoons and comics. Américains d'origine chinoise Texas Biographies Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Américains d'origine chinoise Texas Bandes dessinées. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Biography. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Emigration & Immigration. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / LGBTQ+. Chinese Americans. Immigrants. Sexual minority students. Queer women. Queer Asian-Americans. LGBTQ+ Asian-Americans. LGBTQ+ immigrants. Graphic novels Young adult fiction. Wuhan (China) Juvenile literature. Wuhan (China) Comic books, strips, etc. Wuhan (China) Cartoons and comics. China Wuhan. Texas. Autobiographical comics. Autobiographies. Biographies. Comics (Graphic works.) Graphic novels. Juvenile works. Nonfiction comics. Queer comics. LGBTQ+ autobiographies. Queer autobiographies. LGBTQ+ graphic novels. LGBTQ+ comics. Autobiographical comics. Nonfiction comics. Autobiographies. Graphic novels. Queer comics. Comics (Graphic works.) Bandes dessinées autobiographiques. Autobiographies. Bandes dessinées autres que de fiction. Bandes dessinées. Autobiography. Xu, Weiwei.