Gene Luen Yang
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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 superhero. The comic had a short run before lapsing into obscurity, but Gene Luen Yang has revived this character in Shadow Hero, a new graphic novel that...
2) Boxers
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A graphically rendered account of China's Boxer Rebellion in 1898 is told from the perspective of Little Bao, who joins an army of kung fu-trained commoners who fight for freedom from the oppression inflicted by foreign missionaries and soldiers.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Dr. Lee moves his family to Metropolis, his son Tommy adjusts to the new neighborhood while daugher Roberta feels out of place, so when the evil Klan of the Fiery Cross begins a string of terrorist attacks on the city, Superman fights them, and Roberta and Superman soon learn to embrace their own unique features that set them apart.
5) Saints
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A companion volume to Boxers graphically depicts China's 1898 Boxer Rebellion from the perspective of a young Christian convert and neglected fourth daughter who struggles with divided loyalties that compel her to make the ultimate sacrifice for her faith.