The Shadow Hero
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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.
FamiliesAsian AmericansMagicSuperheroesFictionChildren's fictionHeroes, fictionComic books, strips, etc.Adventure and adventurers, fictionScience fictionnyt:paperback-graphic-books=2014-08-03New York Times bestseller