First published 2023
Miles Morales sits in in-school suspension, the punishment for his latest world-saving heroics against the villain known as The Warden. The teenager has developed a passion for poetry and struggles to form coherent sentences around his crush. His boring day of detention takes a sharp turn when his spider-sense starts buzzing. Something feels wrong at school. Soon Miles finds himself battling an unlikely enemy: a termite. This tiny adversary harbors a dangerous secret that threatens to erase chunks of global history, particularly the stories of Black and Brown communities. Miles must use his spider powers to stop this insidious plot before irreplaceable historical knowledge disappears forever. Between his everyday struggles with teenage life and his responsibilities as Spider-Man, Miles discovers that even the smallest threats can carry world-ending consequences.
Genres: adventure, contemporary, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: School
Period: 21st-century
320 pages · Hardcover · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books