CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS
Crime: General,Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Violence: Mild Violence
The Shadow Hero
By Gene Luen Yang
Illustrators
Illustrated by Sonny Liew
Edition
NEA’s Read Across America Educator Recomended Books 2016–2017, Grades 6–8
By Gene Luen Yang
Paperback
Publisher Macmillan Imprint First Second ISBN9781596436978
Awards and Honors Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2014, Fiction; Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature, Best Multicultural Books of 2014; Booklist Top 10 Multicultural Fiction for Youth, 2015; SLJ’s Top 10 Graphic Novels 2014; YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2015, Fiction, Top Ten Title; Booklist Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth, 2015; 2015 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Young Adult Honor Book; 2014 Cybils Awards Finalist, Graphic Novels for Young Adults; 2015 Eisner Award, Best Writer; The New York Public Library, Best Books for Teens 2014!NEA’s Read Across America Educator Recomended Books 2016–2017, Grades 6–8
The Shadow Hero
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9781596436978J
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In the Chinese neighborhood of San Incendio, Hank’s mother wants him to become a superhero. Hank isn’t interested . . . until gangsters threaten his father’s grocery. Author’s note. Excerpt from The Green Turtle, the original 1940s comic from which The Shadow Hero is adapted. Full-color illustrations.
In the Chinese neighborhood of San Incendio, Hank’s mother wants him to become a superhero. Hank isn’t interested . . . until gangsters threaten his father’s grocery. Author’s note. Excerpt from The Green Turtle, the original 1940s comic from which The Shadow Hero is adapted. Full-color illustrations.
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