![]() Discover more books like these titles by following along with our reviews and articles tagged with School, Racism, and Friendship. The New Kid and Class Act book series review was curated by Dr. Craft’s graphic novels focus on issues of racism, class, and growing up in America. It is the second part of the New Kid series, the first of which was the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal. Get more info at Read our exclusive interview: Jerry Craft Discusses New Kid Class Act is a middle-grade realistic-fiction graphic novel written and illustrated by Jerry Craft and first published in 2020. He is a graduate of The Fieldston School and received his B.F.A. ![]() ![]() He was born in Harlem and grew up in nearby Washington Heights. Jerry is a co-founder of the Schomburg’s Annual Black Comic Book Festival. ![]() He is the creator of Mama’s Boyz, a comic strip that was distributed by King Features Syndicate from 1995-2013, and won five African American Literary Awards. Jerry Craft on New Kid and Class Act HarperCollins Studio 8. BANNED BOOK Kirkus Prize winner Jerry Craft follows up the critically acclaimed and Newbery award-winning New Kid, with this poignant and funny full-color. ![]() New Kid is his middle grade graphic novel that has earned five starred reviews, including one from Booklist magazine, which called it “possibly one of the most important graphic novels of the year.” Kirkus Reviews called it “an engrossing, humorous, and vitally important graphic novel that should be required reading in every middle school in America.” Jerry Craft is an author and illustrator. ![]()
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