New Kid: A Newbery Award Winner, (Hardcover)

from sweetiegherkin

Jordan is beginning middle school at a new elite academy outside of his neighborhood, when all he wants to do is go to art school. His new school isn't so bad, except that he is one of a handful of African-American kids who go there and the other students (and even teachers) can't stop reminding ...

from BookwormMarie

New Kid is a coming of age story, that is loosely based on the writers life, He writes about his sons' experience in a predominately white private school. The main character, Jordan Banks, a 12 year old African-America boy, witnesses the biased behavior of both teachers and students at his school...

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First graphic novel to win the Newbery and well-deserved! This book will win over anyone undecided as to the value of graphic novels. It's about starting a new school away from your neighborhood, feeling out of place, old friends vs. new, family dynamics, the nuances of racism, misinterpretations...

from skstiles612

I purchased books for my classroom from Scholastic with my birthday money. This was the first book I picked out to read. New Kid is the story of Jordan Banks. He is a middle school student who loves to draw graphic cartoons. He wants to go to arts school. However, his mom wants something more for...

from NadineC.Keels

Jordan, a twelve-year-old artist, would love to go to art school, but instead his parents enroll him in a private school with top-notch academics. Jordan finds that he's one of only a few kids of color in the seventh grade at his new school in New Kid by author Jerry Craft. Yes. I picked this gra...