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New Kid A Newbery Award Winner

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ISBN-10: 0062691198

ISBN-13: 9780062691194

Edition: 2019

Authors: Jerry Craft

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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. 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…    
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Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2019
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 2/5/2019
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.06" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

Jerry Craft has illustrated and / or written more than two dozen children's books, comic books and board games. His most recent is a middle grade novel co-written with his two teenage sons, Jaylen and Aren called: "The Offenders: Saving the World While Serving Detention!" -- an adventure story that teaches kids about the negative effects of bullying. He is the creator of Mama's Boyz, a comic strip that won five African American Literary Awards and was distributed by King Features from 1995 - 2013. He also illustrated "The Zero Degree Zombie Zone," for Scholastic. For more info email him at jerrycraft@aol.com or visit www.jerrycraft.net