Cover of The Shadow Hero

Book 2014

The Shadow Hero

3.73 10 readers shelved it

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.