Coal is a 13-year-old boy who has no idea that he has superpowers. Life isn't easy for him--he's a foster child and artist who has a traumatic experience when a strange man shoots at him as he draws with chalk on a street. Coal runs, knowing that the police will only suspect him, a Black teenager, of wrongdoing. In the chase that follows, Coal finds himself turning invisible and that begins his quest to figure out the origin of his power. On a field trip to a genetics lab he realizes that this lab holds some answers, and those answers involve his lost mother, his past foster families, and the lab itself. This #youngteenlit is perfect for middle school collections, and a definite follow up for readers who enjoyed Shuri by Nic Stone and Miles Morales by Jason Reynolds. Recommended for grades 6-8.
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