Lunar New Year Love Story

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?

Author: Gene Luen Yang
Publisher: First Second
Published: 01/09/2024
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 8.78h x 6.35w x 1.05d
ISBN: 9781626728103

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.7
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 553679 / Lunar New Year Love Story

Award: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 11/01/2023 pg. 53
Publishers Weekly 12/04/2023
School Library Journal 12/01/2023 pg. 69
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2024 pg. 103
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2024 - Book Of Special Distinction
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2024 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author

GENE LUEN YANG is the fifth National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. His graphic novel American Born Chinese, a National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner, has been adapted into an original series on Disney+. His nonfiction graphic novel, Dragon Hoops, received an Eisner Award and a Printz honor. In 2016, he was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow. geneyang.com

LeUYEN PHAM has illustrated more than one​ ​hundred books for children, including the Caldecott Honor Book​ ​Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris, and the bestselling Princess​ ​in Black series by Shannon and Dean Hale. She is the cocreator,​ ​along with Shannon Hale, of the bestselling Friends series. Her own​ ​books include Outside, Inside, The Bear Who Wasn't There, and Big​ ​Sister, Little Sister. leuyenpham.com