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• Winner of Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (Children's Literature) 2020

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Intimate and sweet. I'd like to hand Stargazing to every kid I know. --Raina Telgemeier, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Smile Touching, funny, and sweetly observed, Stargazing is everything a graphic novel should be. Jen Wang is a master cartoonist. --Vera Brosgol, award-winning author of Be Prepared and Anya's Ghost Just beautiful.?Stargazing?is warm and funny and packed with shout outs and nods to the Asian American experience. It feels SO wonderful to be seen! --Kelly Yang, award-winning author of Front Desk Like a constellation, when you connect confusion, friendship, and hope, suddenly everything becomes clear. Jen Wang's Stargazing will have you laughing and crying as it takes you to the stars and back. --Lisa Yee, award-winning author of Millicent Min, Girl Genius A charming tale of friendship that feels familiar and comforting. Jen Wang is a gift to comics. --Nidhi Chanani, author of Pashmina Wang's art is as expressive and fluid as ever, ripe with playful detail...and the muted color palette, contributed by colorist Lark Pien, casts the book in a nostalgic glow. Plumbing the depths of Wang's childhood for inspiration, this rich, heart-filled narrative will resonate with any reader who has ever felt different within their community. --Publishers Weekly, starred review

Intimate and sweet. I'd like to hand Stargazing to every kid I know. --Raina Telgemeier, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Smile Touching, funny, and sweetly observed, Stargazing is everything a graphic novel should be. Jen Wang is a master cartoonist. --Vera Brosgol, award-winning author of Be Prepared and Anya's Ghost Just beautiful.?Stargazing?is warm and funny and packed with shout outs and nods to the Asian American experience. It feels SO wonderful to be seen! --Kelly Yang, award-winning author of Front Desk Like a constellation, when you connect confusion, friendship, and hope, suddenly everything becomes clear. Jen Wang's Stargazing will have you laughing and crying as it takes you to the stars and back. --Lisa Yee, award-winning author of Millicent Min, Girl Genius A charming tale of friendship that feels familiar and comforting. Jen Wang is a gift to comics. --Nidhi Chanani, author of Pashmina Wang's art is as expressive and fluid as ever, ripe with playful detail...and the muted color palette, contributed by colorist Lark Pien, casts the book in a nostalgic glow. Plumbing the depths of Wang's childhood for inspiration, this rich, heart-filled narrative will resonate with any reader who has ever felt different within their community. --Publishers Weekly, starred review Wang tells a story that will ring true to just about any middle-schooler who's dealt with shifting friendships, but her additional insights into navigating differences within the Chinese American community will be a balm to readers in similar situations. --Booklist, starred review It is so very rare and refreshing to see diversity within the Asian American community authentically portrayed; Wang allows each character complete ownership of their identity, freeing their truths and, in the process, allowing readers to do the same. A shining gem of a book. --Kirkus, starred review

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Jen Wang is a cartoonist, author, and illustrator living in Los Angeles. She is the author of The Prince and the Dressmaker, Koko Be Good, and co-author of the New York Times-bestselling graphic novel In Real Life with Cory Doctorow. Her work has also appeared in Los Angeles Magazine, The Believer, Hazlitt, Slate, and McSweeney's. She has also written for the Adventure Time and Lumberjanes comic series. She is the co-founder and organizer of the annual festival Comics Arts Los Angeles. jenwang.net

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