New Kid By Jerry Craft Book Cover

It was great not to be the only black kid in class but after being fooled by the chauffeur.

New kid by jerry craft book cover. His middle grade graphic novel new kid will be released by harpercollins on february 5 2019. Jerry craft is the winner of the newbery medal for his graphic novel new kid. 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.

Jerry is the creator of mama s boyz an award winning syndicated comic strip he has won five african american literary awards and he is a cofounder of the schomburg center s annual black comic book festival. The move to middle school confuses many students and has inspired many comics but this funny and heartfelt graphic novel covers new territory. Jerry craft is the winner of the newbery medal for his graphic novel new kid he has worked on numerous picture books graphic novels and middle grade novels.

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. Favourite sentence from page 11. Aalbc will be the first to reveal class act s cover on february 7 2020 at noon.

Use this page to discover other books which are in the same category as new kid fiction hardcover by jerry craft harpercollins feb 05 2019. Throughout new kid seventh grader jordan banks proves to be a sensitive and likable protagonist eager for friendship but unsure how to fit in a school culture that deals awkwardly with issues of race and class. 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.

Harper audio productions harper collins. Craft mentions that the story was influenced by his own experiences growing up. Jerry is the creator of mama s boyz an award winning syndicated comic strip.

Seventh grader jordan banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. Class act the follow up to new kid will be published in october. I listened to the audio production so i have estimated the position of this quote and have chosen it to highlight jordan s sense of displacement early in the story.