![]() ![]() This isn't a new thing, right? Once there is a new thing that is discovered, what comes your way is backlash, especially if at the end of that new thing is more freedom, more equity, more peace, more intellectual capacity, more emotional maturity, more openness, more scrutiny when it comes to the things that we're supposed to see as real and honest and true. This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. He spoke with Morning Edition's A Martinez about Morales' other teenage superpowers and obsessions: writing poetry, and exploring his feelings about family, teachers, and a girl he likes. It grapples with huge themes though: censorship in schools, racism and fear. ![]() Reynolds' book is directed toward a wide audience - part poetry, part prose, with illustrations throughout. But with his superhero powers, he's invincible. Morales goes to a fancy private school in Brooklyn, New York, where he doesn't always feel acknowledged. In the sequel, Miles Morales - the half-Black, half-Puerto Rican teenage Spiderman - finds himself in school suspension for disagreeing with his history teacher. This one is called Miles Morales Suspended, and it continues the adventures of an "unassuming, everyday kid who just so happens to be Spider-Man." ![]() The author Jason Reynolds has a new novel out, Miles Morales Suspended.Īward-winning author Jason Reynolds returns with a sequel to his young adult novel Miles Morales: Spider-Man. ![]()
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