Messy roots : a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American / Laura Gao ; with color and art assistance by Weiwei Xu.

First edtion.

New York, New York : Harper Alley, Balzer + Bray, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]

©2022

269 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 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.

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May 30, 2023