Green Lantern: Legacy

by Minh Le (Author) Andie Tong (Illustrator)

Green Lantern: Legacy
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade

The owner of the Jade Market has a secret--one that will soon change her grandson's life.

Thirteen-year-old Tai Pham lives in the apartment above his grandmother's store, where his bedroom is crammed with sketchpads and comic books. But not even his most imaginative drawings could compare to the colorful adventure he's about to embark on.

When Tai inherits his grandmother's jade ring, he soon finds out it's more than it appears. Suddenly he's being inducted into a group of space cops known as the Green Lanterns, his neighborhood is being overrun by some racist bullies, and every time he puts pen to paper, he's forced to confront that he might not be creative enough or strong enough to uphold his ba's legacy. Now Tai must decide what kind of hero he wants to be: will he learn to soar above his insecurities or will the past keep him grounded?

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"Community and compassion combine in this fresh take on comic-book tradition."

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"Brace yourself for a next-generation Green Lantern like you've never seen before. Written by Minh Lê, with art by Andie Tong, Green Lantern: Legacy's rich storyline seamlessly melds the past with the present to create a page-turner that will leave you breathless." —Lisa Yee, author of Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time and the DC Super Hero Girls middle-grade novel series
Minh Le
Minh Lê is a writer but, like his grandfather, is a man of few words. He is a national early childhood policy expert, author of Let Me Finish! (illustrated by Isabel Roxas), and has written for the New York Times, the Horn Book, and the Huffington Post. A first-generation Vietnamese-American, he went to Dartmouth College and has a master's in education from Harvard University. Outside of spending time with his beautiful wife and sons in their home near Washington, DC, Minh's favorite place to be is in the middle of a good book. Visit Minh online at minhlebooks.com or on Twitter @bottomshelfbks.

Dan Santat is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Award-winning The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, as well as The Cookie Fiasco, After the Fall, and others. He is also the creator of Disney's animated hit, The Replacements. Dan lives in Southern California with his wife, two kids, and a menagerie of pets. Visit him at dantat.com.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781401283551
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
DC Comics
Publication date
January 20, 2020
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV011020 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
JUV008020 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Superheroes
JUV008040 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Action & Adventure
Library of Congress categories
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Little Maverick Reading List
Selection 2021

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