W. Ross Macdonald School Library

New Kid /

Craft, Jerry. 1963- , authorillustrator.

New Kid / Jerry Craft. - First edition. - New York, NY : Harper, 2019. - 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - New Kid ; 1 .

Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself?

Ages 8-12.

Newbery Medal, 2020 Coretta Scott King Book Award, 2020 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature, 2019

9780062691194 9780062691200

2018938256


Schools--Fiction.
Parent and child--Fiction.
Black people--Fiction.


New York, N.Y.--Fiction.


COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / General.

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