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Lunar New Year love story

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com about fate, family, and falling in love. Val is ready to give up on love. It's led to nothing but secrets and heartbreak, and she's pretty sure she's cursed--no one in her family, for generations, has ev...

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Main Author: Yang, Gene Luen (Author)
Other Authors: Pham, LeUyen (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language:English
Published: New York : First Second, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Chinese New Year > Young adult fiction.
Dating (Social customs) > Young adult fiction.
Vietnamese Americans > Young adult fiction.
Teenagers > Young adult fiction.
Families > Young adult fiction.
Love > Young adult fiction.
Fate and fatalism > Young adult fiction.
Spirits > Young adult fiction.
Paranormal comics > Young adult.
Romance comics > Young adult.
Graphic novels > Young adult.
Comics (Graphic works) > Young adult.
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Summary:Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com about fate, family, and falling in love. Val is ready to give up on love. It's led to nothing but secrets and heartbreak, and she's pretty sure she's cursed--no one in her family, for generations, has ever had any luck with love. But then a chance encounter with a pair of cute lion dancers sparks something in Val. Is it real love? Could this be her chance to break the family curse? Or is she destined to live with a broken heart forever?
Item Description:Chiefly illustrations.
Physical Description:343 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:9781250908261
1250908264
9781626728103
1626728100
Author Notes:Gene Luen Yang was born on August 9, 1973 in California. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where he majored in computer science and minored in creative writing. After graduating in 1995, he worked as a computer engineer for two years. He decided that he was meant to teach and left his job as an engineer to teach computer science at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California.

He is a writer of graphic novels and comics. His first published comic, Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks, was published in 1997 and won the Xeric Grant, a self-publishing grant for comic book creators. His other works include Loyola Chin and the San Peligran Order and Avatar: The Last Airbender. He won the Michael L. Printz Award in 2006 for American Born Chinese and the Eisner Award for best short story in 2009 for Eternal Smile.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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