The Shadow Hero [Paperback]

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.

ANew York Timesbestseller

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 ofAmerican Born Chinese, and Sonny Liew, the author of theNew York Times-bestsellerThe Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, have finally revived this character inShadow 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.

Gene Luen Yang'sfirst book with First Second,American Born Chinese, is now in print in over ten languages and was a National Book Award finalist and winner of the Printz Award. Yang's other works include the popular comics adaptation ofAvatar: The Last Airbender, DCs New Super-Man series,Boxers & Saints, and the Secret Coders series. He is the first graphic novelist to be named the National Ambassador for Young Peoples Literature.

Sonny Liewis a Malaysian-born comic artist and illustrator based in Singapore. He is the author ofThe Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, aNew York Timesbestseller and the first graphic novel to win the Singapore Literature Prize. His other comics include titles for Marvel, DC, and Image. He spearheaded Liquid City, a comics anthology series featuring creators from Southeast Asia.

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