STUNTBOY, In the Meantime

About

Stuntboy, In the Meantime  follows the middle-schooler, Portico Reeves  whose superpower is making sure his parents and best friend, Zola stay safe. He lives in the biggest apartment building on the block, a building with fifty doors, all of which would be swell except for the secret that Portico’s parents are about to divorce. All this stress gives Portico “the frets”, which his mom calls anxiety. Plus, like all superheroes, Portico has an arch-nemesis Herbert determined to prove that there is nothing super about Portico at all. 

Stuntboy, In the Meantime is based on Jason Reynolds and Raúl the Third’s award-winning graphic novel of the same name.

Approximate Running Time: 60 Minutes
Recommended Ages: Grades 2 through 5

Curriculum Connections

  • Literature Based
  • Music
  • Relationships and Family

Themes

  • Compassion
  • Community
  • Friendship
  • Transformation
  • Family
  • Imagination
  • Mindfulness

Fun Fact

Melvin Tunstall’s show Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical won the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Family Show in 2018. Greg Borowsky is a songwriter and producer from South Africa behind some of South Africa’s biggest SAMA (SA Grammy) winning artists.

Original Credits

Book and Lyrics by Melvin Tunstall, III
Music by Greg Dean Borowsky and Melvin Tunstall, III
Based on the book Stuntboy, In the Meantime Text © 2021 by Jason Reynolds, Illustration © 2021 by Raúl the Third
Used with the permission of Pippin Properties, Inc and Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Inc.

 
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