Miles Morales Suspended

The hybrid verse/prose format adds to the action-packed story line and provides an amusing, banter-filled tone, which Reynolds is exceptionally skilled at for drawing in even the most reluctant of readers. As tensions build, the termites embody censorship, a powerful topic brought up often via current events in schools and prisons across the country. Miles is complex, as he courageously argues for books to “try to read and write themselves free” and attempts to grab Alicia’s attention by writing poetry, which is realistically awkward and sweet. Although Ganke’s role is spare in this volume, readers will delight in this spirited character as he supports his bestie Miles and provides extra comic relief during stressful situations. Peña’s comic-style illustrations enhance the story by reflecting the Spiderman side of our hero. Cultural references such as grease in the Bustelo can, bodegas, and dap depict the authenticity of Miles’s world. Librarian Spidey senses are tingling; this is a must for your shelves.–School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW “May 2023”

About the Author

Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a Kirkus Award winner, a UK Carnegie Medal winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, an Odyssey Award Winner and two-time honoree, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors, a Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. He was also the 2020–2022 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.

His many books include:

• All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely)
• When I Was the Greatest
• The Boy in the Black Suit
• Stamped
• As Brave as You
• For Every One
• The Track series: Ghost, Patina, Sunny, Lu, and Coach
• Look Both Ways
• Stuntboy, in the Meantime
• Stuntboy, In-Between Time
• Miles Morales Suspended
• Ain’t Burned All the Bright (recipient of the Caldecott Honor; cowritten with Jason Griffin)
• My Name Is Jason. Mine Too. (cowritten with Jason Griffin)
• Twenty-Four Seconds from Now…
• Long Way Down (received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor)

His debut picture book, There Was a Party for Langston, won a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor.

He lives in Washington, DC.

About the Illustrator

Zeke Peña is a Xicano storyteller and cartoonist from El Paso, Texas. He illustrated the award-winning books My Papi Has a Motorcycle and Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide. His studio work is a mash-up of political cartoon, border rasquache, and hip hop culture that addresses identity, politics, ecology, and social justice.

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