The Shadow Hero

By Gene Luen Yang

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596436972
• ISBN13: 9781596436978
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: First Second
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12