Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel)

"You wouldn’t normally look to a branded comic book novelization to provide profound insights into the experience of growing up black and Latino in Brooklyn. Or the psychic cost of gentrification. Or the specific pressure of being the only one granted opportunities in a neighborhood dying for a break. Or the anxiety that criminal behavior is encoded in your DNA. But then, few comic book companies have ever invited a National Book Award nominee like Jason Reynolds to tackle their novelizations, as Marvel chose to with Miles Morales: Spider-Man. Reynolds delivers a story that hits all the beats a good Spider-Man story should – With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility; With Great Teening Comes Great Angst; With Great Punching Comes Great Quips – but with fresh depth and specificity, resulting in a book that both you and your favorite 11-year-old could love."