New Kid Book Jerry Craft Summary

An outstanding middle grade graphic novel about not only being the new kid in a new school but about the ways privilege bias and racism both overt and subtle play out.

New kid book jerry craft summary. In the new kids journalist brooke hauser investigates the lives of recent immigrants to america. With more than forty five different countries and twenty eight languages represented brooklyn s international high school at prospect heights is a microcosm of the diversity of america itself. Taking place over jordan s freshman year at a prestigious private school he has to adjust to a new school experiences and witnesses microaggressions and makes friends with other students.

Jordan attends a wealthy school on financial aid and is one of the few kids of color there. The first novel in jerry craft s new kid series new kid 2019 a graphic novel for middle schoolers centers on a talented african american boy who loves art but rather than sending him to art school his parents make him attend a privileged day school where he struggles to fit in with his mostly white classmates. Perfect for fans of raina telgemeier and gene luen yang new kid is a timely honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real from award winning author illustrator jerry craft.

Seventh grader jordan banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. They ve enrolled him in riverdale academy day school an exclusive mostly white private school where jordan is one of the few students of color. Seventh grader jordan banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life.

New kid is a 2019 graphic novel by jerry craft the novel tells the story of jordan banks who experiences culture shock when he enrolls at a private school. He experiences incredible micro and macro aggressions and as a light skinned black boy he sees racism play out in a variety of horrifying ways.