Shadow of the Batgirl
by Kuhn, Sarah (Author),
Print Book 2020 |
Available at 12 Libraries 13 of 14 copies |
Summary
Cassandra Cain, teenage assassin, isn't exactly Batgirl material...yet. Will she step out of the shadows and overcome her greatest obstacle--that voice inside her head telling her she can never be a hero?
Lucky for Cass, she won't have to defy her destiny alone. With the help of her new mentors, noodle shop owner Jackie Fujikawa Yoneyama and a librarian named Barbara Gordon, she'll attempt to answer this question the only way she knows how- learning everything she possibly can about her favorite hero. The only problem is that Batgirl hasn't been seen in Gotham for years...Can Cass find Batgirl before her father destroys the world she has grown to love? Or will shehave to take on a heroic mantle of her very own?
Accompanied by the edgy art style of Nicole Goux, Sarah Kuhn, author of Heroine Complex and I Love You So Mochi, tells the harrowing story of a girl who overcomes the odds to find her unique identity.
Lucky for Cass, she won't have to defy her destiny alone. With the help of her new mentors, noodle shop owner Jackie Fujikawa Yoneyama and a librarian named Barbara Gordon, she'll attempt to answer this question the only way she knows how- learning everything she possibly can about her favorite hero. The only problem is that Batgirl hasn't been seen in Gotham for years...Can Cass find Batgirl before her father destroys the world she has grown to love? Or will shehave to take on a heroic mantle of her very own?
Accompanied by the edgy art style of Nicole Goux, Sarah Kuhn, author of Heroine Complex and I Love You So Mochi, tells the harrowing story of a girl who overcomes the odds to find her unique identity.
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Additional Information
Subjects |
Batgirl
-- (Fictitious character)
-- Comic books, strips, etc.
Gordon, Barbara -- (Fictitious character) Self-confidence -- Comic books, strips, etc. Superheroes -- Comic books, strips, etc. Assassins -- Comic books, strips, etc. Asian Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc. Children of criminals -- Comic books, strips, etc. Superhero comics. Comics (Graphic works) Graphic novels. |
Publisher | Burbank, CA :DC Comics,2020 |
Contributors |
Goux, Nicole,
illustrator. Peter, Cris, illustrator. Chiang, Janice, illustrator. Temofonte, Saida, illustrator. |
Audience |
Ages 13-17. |
Language |
English |
Notes |
Batgirl based on characters created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger. |
Description |
205 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
ISBN | 9781401289782 1401289789 |
Other | Classic View |