After reading Level Up I wasn't too prepared to enjoy anything by Gene Luen Yang, but American Born Chinese is in a different tier entirely and quite enjoyable. It also has a good structure, managing to veer around in time and space without losing a reader anywhere.

The story follows along three different plot paths that all converge at the end. One path is a Monkey God's trials and tribulations, told in humorous folklore style and highly entertaining. One path is Jin Wang, the book's true protagonist and a young man growing up as a Chinese-American. The third path is the story of Danny and his cousin Chinkee, which is a satirical look at a ridiculous stereotype. All three paths appear unconnected until the very last part of the book, when they all converge into cohesion. It's well done, and while you can see hints of each story feeding into the other, it's never obvious exactly how they're going to become one.

Anyway, it's a fun read, humorously drawn, and has a message to impart that doesn't beat you over the head.