Book 2014
The Shadow Hero
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- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Families
- Asian Americans
- Magic
- Superheroes
- Fiction
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. The plot contains sexual references, violence, and negative stereotypes.