New Kid

By: Jerry Craft

Narrated by: Jesus Del Orden, Nile Bullock, Robin Miles, Guy Lockard, Peyton Lusk, Rebecca Soler, Dan Bittner, Phoebe Strole, Marc Thompson, Miles Harvey, Ron Butler

2020 Audie Awards® Finalist—Middle Grade

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

An original full-cast audio adaptation of the graphic novel from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft, performed by the author with Jesus Del Orden, Nile Bullock, Robin Miles, Guy Lockard, Peyton Lusk, Rebecca Soler, Dan Bittner, Phoebe Strole, Marc Thompson, Miles Harvey, and Ron Butler. Named an Audible Best Audiobook of the Year!

Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang, New Kid is a timely, honest novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real.

Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade.

As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds—and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself?

Filled with sound effects and original music, this audio adventure is one the whole family will enjoy.

A selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List.

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AMAZING

This book was amazing and it helped me feel like how Jordan was feeling at the beginning of the school year and it was just an amazing book. Something that I really learned about it is you might get lost in the school but you can still keep on trying and it was This book was amazing and it helped me feel like how Jordan was feeling at the beginning of the school year and it was just an amazing book. Something that I really learned about it is you might get lost in the school but you can still keep on trying and it was just amazing and it helped me learn.

I loved the book it help me learn and help me focus on it a bunch that was a very interesting Book but I also thought it was amazing because it has the overall is 5 stars there performance 5 stars in the story 5 stars I love how everybody's just there for him yeah somebody might pick on him but he actually goes back and he doesn't pick on that person he doesn't do revenge he does it the right way and ask him to stop we're tell the teacher and it make it helps me a lot and made me learn.

Intresting

I really liked the book it is interesting and great for people like me with a wild
imagination.

Great book to listen to with your children on a long car ride.

Great book! Allowed us to discuss some complex topics in kid friendly language. It provided context to help kids process some of the "weird" things kids encounter without having to delve too deep into societal ills, but brings awareness to why they felt "weird" and how to handle those situations if they arise again. Unfortunately in these times they will.

I remember when

I loved this story so much I definitely could relate to the story because I went too boarding school. It brought back such memories ,I'm in my sixties and I enjoyed this book so much, of course I brought the book for my grandson who will start middle school in September. This book is a great read and even better audiobook.
Thank you Jerry Craft for memory lane❤

Needed this!

This book is so good! I wish that it was around when I was a child. It gives voice to issues that so many students gave. Absolutely love it!