Miles Morales: Spider-Man

Jason Reynolds · Marvel Press Book Group

Aug 2017 · Sold by Disney Electronic Content

About this ebook

"Everyone gets mad at hustlers, especially if you're on the victim side of the hustle. And Miles knew hustling was in his veins." Miles Morales is just your average teenager. Dinner every Sunday with his parents, chilling out playing old-school video games with his best friend, Ganke, crushing on brainy, beautiful poet Alicia. He's even got a scholarship spot at the prestigious Brooklyn Visions Academy. Oh yeah, and he's Spider Man. But lately, Miles's spidey-sense has been on the fritz. When a misunderstanding leads to his suspension from school, Miles begins to question his abilities. After all, his dad and uncle were Brooklyn jack-boys with criminal records. Maybe kids like Miles aren't meant to be superheroes. Maybe Miles should take his dad's advice and focus on saving himself. As Miles tries to get his school life back on track, he can't shake the vivid nightmares that continue to haunt him. Nor can he avoid the relentless buzz of his spidey-sense every day in history class, amidst his teacher's lectures on the historical "benefits" of slavery and the importance of the modern-day prison system. But after his scholarship is threatened, Miles uncovers a chilling plot, one that puts his friends, his neighborhood, and himself at risk. It's time for Miles to suit up.

Ratings and reviews

Respectfully, the author focus's very one-sidedly on Miles' African American Roots, rather than his Puerto Rican side. Annoying imo but only because there are already so many African American superheroes. I feel like his Puerto Rican cultural identity is a footnote by comparison. Very unlike most of the comics where the character identifies more with his Puerto Rican roots or at least equally identifies with both. Kind of a let down in that regard.

It's gotta be d✌️ope have not even read it yet. By it's about a teenage Puerto 🇵🇷 Rican graffiti artist that just happens to be Ultimate Spider Man!! Effen AMAZING! ESPECIALLY THE GRAFFITTI part. Shots out to all the heads still getting up! Legally and illegally. 🙏💯

In this age where several low income children and adults feel less than. Where failure is engrained in socio-economic status. This encourages me to share this with those that believe a comic book hero cannot relate to their feelings of inadequacy. Great job. Regardless of my beginnings, I Am A Person.

About the author

Author Info:

JASON REYNOLDS is the author of the critically acclaimed When I Was the Greatest, for which he was the recipient of the Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe Award for New Talent; the Coretta Scott King Honor books The Boy in the Black Suit and All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely); As Brave As You, his middle grade debut; and National Book Award finalist Ghost, the first in a four-book series about kids on an elite track team. Jason recently moved to Washington, DC, but before that spent many years in Miles Morales’s very own Brooklyn, New York.

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