Portico and Zola's friendship is full of both silliness and depth: They loudly roam the halls of their largely Black apartment building as superheroes of their own creation, and give each other soft-spoken support against kids who bully them and arguing parents. Parents need to know that author Jason Reynolds and illustrator Raúl the Third collaborated on a masterpiece with Stuntboy, in the Meantime, a thoughtful, funny, engaging graphic novel that looks at how parents' decisions affect kids' lives, even when they're trying to protect each other. Portico's experience as a Black child growing up on a very diverse city block is an integral part of his superhero persona and his weekly routines.
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