Superman Smashes the Klan -- Gene Luen Yang, Paperback

Harvey Award winner for Best Children or Young Adult Book

The year is 1946. Teenagers Roberta and Tommy Lee just moved with their parents from Chinatown to the center of Metropolis, home to the famous hero, Superman. Tommy makes friends quickly, while Roberta pines for home. Then one night, the family awakens to find their house surrounded by the Klan of the Fiery Kross Superman leaps into action, but his exposure to a mysterious green rock has left him weak. Can Roberta and Tommy help him smash the Klan?

Inspired by the 1940s Superman radio serial Clan of the Fiery Cross, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese, Boxers and Saints, The Terrifics, New Super-Man) and artist Gurihiru (Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Unstoppable Wasp) bring us a personal retelling of two different immigrants finding ways to belong.

Author: Gene Luen Yang
Publisher: DC Comics
Published: 05/12/2020
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781779504210
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.1
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 510375 / Superman Smashes the Klan


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2020
School Library Journal 04/01/2020 pg. 145
Publishers Weekly 04/20/2020
Booklist 04/15/2020 pg. 40
Foreword 04/26/2020
Library Journal 08/01/2020 pg. 56

About the Author
Gene Luen Yang began making comics and graphic novels more than 15 years ago. In 2006 his book American Born Chinese was published by First Second Books. It became the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award and the first to win the American Library Association's Printz Award. It also won an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album - New. In 2013, First Second Books released Boxers & Saints, his two-volume graphic novel about the Boxer Rebellion. It was nominated for a National Book Award and won the L.A. Times Book Prize. He made his mainstream comics debut on Superman, with artists John Romita Jr. and Klaus Janson.

His other works include the comics continuation of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender. Currently he writes New Super-Man for DC Comics.