The Shadow Hero
By: Gene Luen Yang ; illustrated by Sonny Liew
Contributors: Liew, Sonny, 1974- ill
Edition: 1st ed. 2014.
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781489843364; 9781596436978
Subjects: Families; Asian Americans; Magic; Superheroes; Fiction
Description: 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.

In the Chinese neighborhood of San Incendio, Hank's mother wants him to become a superhero. Hank is not interested, until gangsters threaten his father's grocery.
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