The book that I had read this semester was "Miles Morales" by Jason Reynolds, I understand that that this book to some may be a kids book but it's much more then that. I'll be getting to talk about that later. The book setting takes place in Brooklyn, New York were introduced to Miles Morales a 15 year old teenager. He at school was some type of prodigy, he was very academically gifted, and very athletic. His academics got him in Brooklyn Visions Academy. The school was like a college, with dorms and roommates. living with his roommate/best friend Ganke. Miles was just a normal kid..... but thats not the case he's also Spider-Man.
Its not easy being a Hero, Miles has had some strange occurrences happening to him, his spider sense has been all over the place with him getting in trouble at school and causing problems such ditching and tardiness. This news upsets his parents who are having troubles financially but doesn't want Miles to worry about it, which sort of stresses him out even more. He then talks to his police officer dad(who knows that he's Spider-Man) and finds out that his uncle and him were the Brooklyn bad boys back in the day and that his dads family last name is so infamous that it can cause Brooklyn to panic. With news like that, it makes Mile's question himself, and has him believe that people like him aren't supposed to be the hero or even the good guys.
This book does have indeed simplistic writing but does have adult themes and some very interesting words and writing. It can really get too you with some themes having to talk about depression and living off of nothing. Having to see your "invincible" parents struggle, with characters even having metal breakdowns of frustration. Its an easy read and you can have a lot of fun with it. I picked this book for Spider-Man but I stayed for the fun adventure/action story , I would really recommend this book to anyone who wants to have fun and have a good time.
- Nicholas Rosales/Period 1
I would have picked the book for Spider-Man too, but I like how Miles sort of has to hide his identity because of his dad and uncle while also dealing with financial struggles. I am interested in how his character will evolve throughout the book.
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