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Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang

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Lunar New Year Love Story

Gene Luen Yang, LeUyen Pham

First Second · Paperback · January 9, 2024

Reading lane: AAPI YA Graphic Novels

An NPR Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Booklist Best Book of the Year A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year A Horn Book Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com about fate, family, and falling in love.

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Why This Clicks

Why It Clicks

A layered, easy-to-enter graphic read with a warm cultural pulse.

Come here for

  • Warm, accessible graphic-novel storytelling
  • Lunar New Year framing and cultural texture

Expect

  • Sustained narrative momentum
  • Collector-friendly shelf appeal

Book Details

Authors
Gene Luen Yang, LeUyen Pham
Publisher
First Second
Published
January 9, 2024
Format
Paperback
Theme
AAPI YA Graphic Novels · Asian American YA
Reading lane
AAPI YA Graphic Novels

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • YA Coming-of-Age Comics

  • YA Romance Comics

  • AAPI YA Graphic Novels

About This Book

An NPR Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Booklist Best Book of the Year A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year A Horn Book Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com about fate, family, and falling in love. She was destined for heartbreak. Then fate handed her love . Val is ready to gi...

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An NPR Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Booklist Best Book of the Year A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year A Horn Book Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com about fate, family, and falling in love. She was destined for heartbreak. Then fate handed her 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?

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