Miles, protagonist of Jason Reynolds' Miles Morales Suspended, is significantly different from either the folx in his neighborhood or his peers in his ultra controlling boarding school. Since being bitten by a radioactive 🕷, he's gained mad super powers such as superhuman strength and the ability to send electricity through his fingers and shoot webs.
This story takes place mostly in one school day. Miles is in a very regimented in school suspension room. He'd become so enraged by a racist history claiming slavery was benign that he broke his desk. When that teacher tried to make him sit on the floor instead of replacing the desk he refuses. "In a school like Brooklyn Visions Academy, desks are easily replaceable. Dignity is not."
As the day progresses Miles is the only one to see increasingly creepy omens. Before the final bell 🔔 he's locked in mortal combat with a hideous and powerful nemesis.
The many kids who love graphic novels and super heroes will gravitate to this action packed narrative.
On a purrrsonal note, I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's Maine Hello. It's when volunteers help first year students move into their dorms. I have a special role. I reassure anxious parents that their kids are in a good place.
A great big shout out goes out to those families that are making their way to campus.
Jules Hathaway
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