~ Trade Paperback, Graphic Novel
~ Winner of the Newberry Medal - 2020, Coretta Scott King Book Award for Author - 2020, Book of the Year for Middle Grade - 20019, Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature - 2019, NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor Book - 2020
Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier (Smile, Sisters, Drama, and Guts) and Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese, and Avatar: The Last Airbender), New Kid is a timely, honest, and thought-provoking 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.
“New Kid is at once tender and tough, funny and heartbreaking. Hand this to the middle-grade reader in your life right away.” -- The New York Times Book Review