{"id":17499,"date":"2024-02-22T18:44:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T23:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=17499"},"modified":"2025-08-30T14:15:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T18:15:01","slug":"ray-xu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/ray-xu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Xu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Ray Xu is a Toronto-based graphic novelist and story artist for film and television.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"154\" height=\"218\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2024\/02\/Alterations-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17503 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2024\/02\/Alterations-book-cover.jpg 154w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2024\/02\/Alterations-book-cover-106x150.jpg 106w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 154px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 154\/218;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction (Juvenile, Graphic novel)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alterations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>New York: Union Square Kids, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Lee is having a really bad week. Although he lives in a crowded Toronto apartment above the family\u2019s alterations and dry-cleaning store, he mostly goes unnoticed. School isn\u2019t exactly an oasis either\u2014being one of the few Asian kids makes for some unwelcome attention. But when Kevin\u2019s class plans a trip to Thrill Planet, a spectacular theme park, will he finally have a chance to turn his life around, or will it just be another day for Kevin Lee?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards and Honours<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/bookcentre.ca\/pages\/awards\/jean-little-first-novel-award\">Jean Little First-Novel Award<\/a> (Finalist)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Raymond Xu <a href=\"http:\/\/raymond-xu.com.\/\">personal website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionsquareandco.com\/\">Union Square<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ray Xu is a Toronto-based graphic novelist and story artist for film and television. Fiction (Juvenile, Graphic novel) Alterations New York: Union Square Kids, 2024. Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website) Kevin Lee is having a really bad week. Although he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/ray-xu\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17499","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17499"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20491,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17499\/revisions\/20491"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}