Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds - ADVISABLE

Reynolds, Jason  Miles Morales: Spider-Man, 261 pgs.  Marvel Press, 2017 (Disney).  $17.99  Content: Language: PG-13 (21 swears); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: PG.  

Miles Morales has a secret-he’s Spider-man.  Miles loves his family, but they come from a shady criminal background.  Miles has weird dreams at night about his uncle.  Miles and his uncle used to be good friends, but his uncle found out he was Spider-man, so he used that against Miles to try and pay off a debt to a crime boss.  The uncle dies trying to kill Miles.  When Miles tries to be a helpful Spider-man, he is haunted by his uncle who said Miles is corrupt like him.  Miles goes on an adventure to try and decode one of his dreams and become the Spider-man that he wants to become.  

I thought the main characters were well developed-you like Miles’ friends and family.  I liked the setting.  I felt like the story was confusing at times because I couldn’t always make the connection between the dream and reality.  The ending doesn’t have a lot of closure and there are a few crass comments.  Overall, it’s fun to read another view of Spider-Man.  

MS – ADVISABLE.  Reviewer, Isabelle, (8^th grade).