The Shadow Hero

Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and is a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of what's popularly known as the MacArthur "Genius" Grant.

A New York Times bestseller

In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Turtle. He solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics characters. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret identity... The Green Turtle was the first Asian American super hero.

The comic had a short run before lapsing into obscurity, but Gene Luen Yang, the acclaimed author of American Born Chinese, and Sonny Liew, the author of the New York Times-bestseller The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, have finally revived this character in Shadow Hero, a new graphic novel that creates an origin story for the Green Turtle.

This gorgeous, funny comics adventure for teens is a new spin on the long, rich tradition of American comics lore.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: First Second
Published: 07/15/2014
ISBN: 9781596436978
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.10h x 6.50w x 0.40d
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Indies Choice Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: Cybils - Finalist

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/28/2014
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2014
School Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 133
Booklist 06/01/2014 pg. 62
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2014 pg. 109
Shelf Awareness 07/18/2014
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2014 - Recommended - Readable
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2014 pg. 73 - Book Of Special Distinction
People Weekly 08/31/2014 pg. 15
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 112
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Superior,Well Above Average
BookPage 07/01/2014

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 166176 / Shadow Hero
Reading Level: 3.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 1