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  • Book The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang illus. by Sonny Liew  

  • Call # 741.5 Yan

  • Plot:  Rediscovering an obscure comic book hero from the 1940s, the Green Turtle, who may have been the first Asian American superhero, Yang and Liew have breathed new life into this hero, giving him a backstory. The son of Chinese immigrants, Hank’s an unlikely comic book protagonist: after all, his mother is the one who’s decided he’s destined to become a hero. Yang and Liew play expertly with the concept of clichés and racial stereotypes, creating both a fast-paced and action-packed tale of sequential art and a rich story laced with an intuitive understanding of cultural nuances.

  • Reading Level:GN420L

  • Interest Level: Gr 7 and Up

  • Theme:

    • Asian American heritage

    • Superhoes

    • Immigration

    • Stereotypes

  • Links to supporting digital content:

    • http://geneyang.com/the-shadow-hero

    • http://moniquebrada.weebly.com/uploads/5/0/2/3/50231257/brada_shadow_hero_guide.pdf

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thlQP5yPFyA&app=desktop

  • BOOK: Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu

  • Call # FIC Oko

  • Plot:  Why is it that magic always has to be European?  If you’re tired of wizards in castles, this is the book for you. Smart, with a plot that’ll keep you guessing from page one onward, Okorafor-Mbachu’s book is one of those titles I honestly would use the phrase “undiscovered gem” to describe. Trust me when I say you have NEVER seen a book like this one before.

  • Reading Level:  HL590L

  • Interest Level: Gr 5 and Up

  • Themes:

    • Magic

    • Wizardry

  • Links to supporting digital content:

    • https://akatawitch.wordpress.com/book-club-resources/discussion-questions/

    • https://blackteensread2.blogspot.com/2011/07/akata-witch.html

    • http://momfilter.com/kid-canon/kids-books-review-akata-witch

  • BOOK: Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins

  • Call # FIC Per

  • Plot:  While this probably isn’t the first book on Burmese child soldiers we’ve seen, it may well be the best. In a time when every other novel for teens is just a reiteration of an idea we’ve seen done a hundred ways before, here we have at least one book that knows that being important and being enjoyable are simply opposite sides of the same coin.

  • Reading Level: 680L

  • Interest Level: Gr 7-10

  • Themes:

    • Burmese child soldiers

    • War

  • Links to supporting digital content:

    • http://www.bamboopeople.org/

    • http://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1164&context=educ_understandings

    • http://www.mitaliblog.com/2011_01_01_archive.html


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