Messy roots : a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American / Laura Gao ; with color and art assistance by Weiwei Xu.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0063067765
- ISBN: 0063067773
- ISBN: 9780063067769
- ISBN: 9780063067776
- Physical Description: 269 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, Harper Alley, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
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- 27 of 33 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | YA BIO GAO (Text) | 36015000425997 | Young Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | YA BIO GAO (Text) | 36015000426052 | Young Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Bordeaux Library | GN B GAO (Text) | 31781068554250 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | GN B GAO (Text) | 31781068554268 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | YA 973.04951 GAO (Text) | 0020513268316 | Young Adult Graphic Novel | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | YA B Gao, Laura (Text) | 0112523412696 | Young Adult Graphic Novel | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | YA B GAO (Text) | 900000000612037 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | B GAO (Text) | 33258010154534 | Young Adult Graphic Novel | Checked out | 08/19/2026 |
| High Point Library | 741.5 Gao (Text) | 30519010929191 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hoke County Public Library | YA GN GAO (Text) | 28198050010313 | Young Adult Graphic Novel | Available | - |
