{"product_id":"stuntboy-in-the-meantime-jason-reynolds-hardcover","title":"Stuntboy, in the Meantime -- Jason Reynolds, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Schneider Family Award Honor Book for Middle Grade\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Newbery Medal honoree and #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle grade novel about the greatest young superhero you've never heard of, filled with illustrations by Raúl the Third!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePortico Reeves's superpower is making sure all the other superheroes--like his parents and two best friends--stay super. And safe. Super safe. And he does this all in secret. No one in his civilian life knows he's actually...Stuntboy! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut his regular Portico identity is pretty cool, too. He lives in the biggest house on the block, maybe in the whole city, which basically makes it a castle. His mom calls where they live an apartment building. But a building with fifty doors just in the hallways is definitely a castle. And behind those fifty doors live a bunch of different people who Stuntboy saves all the time. In fact, he's the only reason the cat, New Name Every Day, has nine lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll this is swell except for Portico's other secret, his not-so-super secret. His parents are fighting \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e the time. They're trying to hide it by repeatedly telling Portico to go check on a neighbor \"in the meantime.\" But Portico knows \"meantime\" means his parents are heading into the Mean Time which \u003ci\u003emeans\u003c\/i\u003e they're about to get into it, and well, Portico's superhero responsibility is to save them, too--as soon as he figures out how. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnly, all these secrets give Portico the worry wiggles, the frets, which his mom calls anxiety. Plus, like all superheroes, Portico has an arch-nemesis who is determined to prove that there is nothing \u003ci\u003esuper\u003c\/i\u003e about Portico at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Reynolds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atheneum Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 6.14w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781534418165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Ages 9-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e513910 \/ Stuntboy, in the Meantime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Schneider Family Book Award - Honor Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2021 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022 pg. 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJason Reynolds is a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a Kirkus Award winner, a Carnegie Medal winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors. He's also the 2020-2021 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. His many books include \u003ci\u003eAll American Boys\u003c\/i\u003e (cowritten with Brendan Kiely), \u003ci\u003eWhen I Was the Greatest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boy in the Black Suit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStamped\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAs Brave as You\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFor Every One\u003c\/i\u003e, the Track series (\u003ci\u003eGhost\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePatina\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunny\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLu\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eLook Both Ways\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLong Way Down\u003c\/i\u003e, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaúl the Third is an award-winning illustrator, author, and artist living in Boston. His work centers around the contemporary Mexican American experience and his memories of growing up in El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Raúl contributed to the SpongeBob Comics series and illustrated the Texas Bluebonnet Award-winning \u003ci\u003eLowriders in Space\u003c\/i\u003e and the Pura Belpré Award-winning \u003ci\u003eLowriders to the Center of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, both written by Cathy Camper. His illustrations are also featured in the middle grade novel \u003ci\u003eStuntboy, in the Meantime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eby Jason Reynolds.","brand":"Jason Reynolds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45551622422756,"sku":"9781534418165","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781534418165.jpg?v=1778802748","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/stuntboy-in-the-meantime-jason-reynolds-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}