Stuntboy, In-Between Time

From Newbery Medal honoree and #1New York Timesbestselling author Jason Reynolds comes the sequel to the hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle grade novelStuntboy, in the Meantimeabout the greatest young superhero youve never heard of, jam packed with illustrations by Ral the Third!

Portico Reeves is the greatest superhero a lot of people have never heard of. He likes it that waythen no one can get in the way of him from keeping other other people safe. Super safe. Hes Stuntboy. Hes got the moves. And the saves. Except. Theres been one major fail.

He couldnt save his parents from becoming Xs. Which is a word that sounds like coughing up a hairball. But dont talk to him about the divorce, because of the hairball thing, and also, it gives Portico the frets.

Whats also giving him frets is his parents living on two separate floors in their apartment building. Hes never fully with one parent or the other. Hes in-between, all the time. The in-between time. And the elevator is busted, so to get between floors means gettingpastthe bullies who hang in the stairwells.

So when Portico and new friend, Herbert, and best best friend, Zola, discoveran empty apartment, unlocked, they arepsyched. Its a perfect hideout, and hangout, and its not half anyonesitsalltheirs. So they decide to make it their ownlets say with stunts of the drawing kind. Problem is, that gives some Grown Up People the frets, which leads to double frets for Portico. And hes not sure his arsenal of stunts can combatthat.