Jordan loves art and makes cartoons about his life. A sequel titled Class Act was released on October 6th, 2020.ġ2-year-old Jordan Banks is a black boy who lives in Washington Heights.
Its critical and award success was viewed at the time as an important achievement for graphic novels. The book's illustrations, using a unique number of graphical styles, helped to achieve a balance between the book's humorous and dramatic elements. It was the first graphic novel to be awarded the Newbery Medal. The book was well received by critics, sold well, and won the 2020 Kirkus Prize, Newbery Medal, and Coretta Scott King Award. While he wishes the book to be appreciated by a wide range of readers, Craft particularly wanted it to accurately reflect a present-day African American experience. The book is semi-autobiographical for Craft, who based the book on his experiences in a private school and those of his two sons.
Taking place over Jordan's freshman year at a prestigious private school, he has to adjust to a new school, experiences and witnesses microaggressions, and makes friends with other students. The novel tells the story of a 12-year-old African American boy named Jordan Banks who experiences culture shock when he enrolls at a private school. New Kid, the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal, is now joined by Jerry Craft's powerful Class Act.New Kidis a 2019 graphic novel by Jerry Craft. He wants to pretend like everything is fine, but it's hard not to withdraw, and even their mutual friend Jordan doesn't know how to keep the group together.Īs the pressures mount, will Drew find a way to bridge the divide so he and his friends can truly accept each other? And most important, will he finally be able to accept himself? To make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids.
But what if he works ten times as hard and still isn’t afforded the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted? This time, it’s Jordan’s friend Drew who takes center stage in another laugh-out-loud funny, powerful, and important story about being one of the few kids of color in a prestigious private school.Įighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying “You have to work twice as hard to be just as good.” His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft returns with a companion book to New Kid, winner of the 2020 Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize.
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