Gene Luen Yang
Lesson plans for American-Born Chinese

In this video (47:09), the author speaks to a school group. He discusses characters, historical background, and symbols.

Summary, 8 discussion questions, and 2 follow-up activities.

A teacher blogs about issues in the book. Includes a retelling of the story of the Monkey King.

Approaches to the novel organized by reading strategy, including anticipation guide and a Venn diagram to support writing. Adobe Reader required for access.

This interview is dated 2007.