Avatar Aang and friends honour an Air Nomad holiday that hasn't been
celebrated in over one hundred years, but when cryptic visits from the spirit of
Avatar Yangchen lead Aang to a refinery operating on land sacred to the
Airbenders – they soon find themselves in peril, as a dangerously powerful
ancient spirit awakens with vengeance and destruction on its mind!
Author Biography
Gene Luen Yang began making comic books in the fifth grade. He has since written
and drawn a number of titles. His 2006 book, “American Born Chinese,” was
the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award and the first
to win the American Library Association's Michael L. Printz Award. It also
won an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album – New. His 2013 two-volume
graphic novel, “Boxers & Saints,” was nominated for both the National
Book Award and the LA Times Book Award. Gene currently writes the graphic novel
continuation of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon, “Avatar: The Last
Airbender.” “The Shadow Hero,” his recent comic book series with Sonny
Liew, revives the Green Turtle, an obscure 1940s character who is arguably the
first Asian American superhero. “The Shadow Hero” is now available as
individual digital issues via Amazon Kindle. The print trade paperback
collection will be released on July 15, 2014. The author lives in San
Francisco, CA..
