New Kid Book Jerry Craft Summary

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.

New kid book jerry craft summary. Jordan banks true love is art and he d love to be starting seventh grade at an art school but his parents have a different idea. Full summary of new kid overall summary. 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.

In the new kids journalist brooke hauser investigates the lives of recent immigrants to america. 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. Seventh grader jordan banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life.

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.

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. 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.