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Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang

October 15, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was good and I liked it, but I didn’t expect it to be so young-skewing. It’s definitely a middle grade book. Older teenagers and adults can read and enjoy it, but it’s not really an all-ages read. Aside from that, it was really well done. I went into this with no background, and it was a fun read that way, but I wish I would have read the historical context/afterword from Yang at the back of the book first. Better yet, I wish they […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: adapted from radio, DC Comics, Gene Luen Yang, graphic novels, Gurihuru, historical fiction, Immigrants, middle grade, Superman, superman smashes the klan

narfna's CBR12 Review No:145 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: adapted from radio, DC Comics, Gene Luen Yang, graphic novels, Gurihuru, historical fiction, Immigrants, middle grade, Superman, superman smashes the klan ·
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