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New Kid (Newbery Medal Winner)

By Jerry Craft, Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
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By Jerry Craft, Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
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It's not easy being the new kid, especially when you don't look like everyone else. This instant classic middle grade graphic novel is about existing in two worlds and not belonging in either. It's the story of finding yourself so that others can find you too.

Winner of the Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Author Award, and Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature!

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 dr...

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