Coach Lou has led his team to the state championships multiple times, only to lose at the last minute. The story opens with Yang himself explaining how even though he’s always hated sports, he was in such desperate need of a new story to tell that he stepped out of his comfort zone to talk to the basketball coach, Coach Lou, at the school where they both teach. I really enjoyed this, and my daughter has gone on to read it multiple times.ĭragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang. Gurihiu’s artwork also feels modern while being strongly reminiscent of classic comics. The story somehow manages to feel like a good superhero story, a snapshot of history, and still have personal development for the Lee kids and Superman. And as the Lees decide whether they should stay or move back to Chinatown, Superman remembers times in his own life when he felt like he didn’t belong. Fortunately, the next morning, Clark Kent and Lois Lane come to investigate. Then one night, they wake up to men in white robes and a burning cross in their front yard. But while Tommy’s baseball skills quickly win him friends at the local youth center, Roberta has more trouble fitting in. Their father, a scientist, has a new job working for the city’s health department. It’s 1946 and young teens Roberta and Tommy Lee are being welcomed to their new home in Metropolis after living their lives up until then in Chinatown. Read from purchased copy.īestselling author and lifelong Superman fan Yang retells a 1946 radio serial called the Clan of the Fiery Cross. Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiro. Here’s me catching up with the latest from perennial favorite Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese and The Shadow Hero, among many others, including many of the Avatar: the Last Airbender graphic novels which I haven’t read, but my daughter rereads every couple of months. And, take a look at the blogs of my fellow panelists, listed in the link above! Hooray! I’m going to be a Round 1 Panelist for the Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Panel on the Cybils again! Now is the time to look through what you’ve read and want to read this year so you can nominate some good titles for us once nominations open to the public on October 1.
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