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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
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Publisher's summary

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.

Plus don't miss Jerry Craft's Class Act!

©2019 Jerry Craft (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers
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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.

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Intresting

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

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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❤

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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!

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BEST BOOK EVER BOIZ

OK LET US FACE IT THIS IS A GREAT BOOK AND WHOEVER RATES IT BADLY IS AN IDIOT AND A FREAK!

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Summer reading

I have dyslexia as well as adhd and a few other learning disabilities , I usually hate my summer reading books but this book was really good and I was able to get it done within three weeks a book for me usually takes a couple months or even years to finish so I really am great full for audible .

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I loved the story

It was amazing and my daughter loved it so much she listened to it to fall asleep

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Wow!

Such a wonderful performance! Really enjoyed the different perspective listening vs reading the book! Brilliant!

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Awesome, fun, funny

What a great experience listening to this audio book. Poignant and timeless. Jerry Craft is masterful.

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Important

It was just short enough not to be overwhelming. This was a personal story for me. There is so much going on between the lines; important nuance about boundaries, trust, denial, and misdirected and shared pain. I kept wanting to stop and note every microagression and boundary violation, every cultural roadblock ,and resulting shock or misunderstanding to create a sort of catalogue of them all. There are so many in just the first two chapters, you begin to get a sense of the weight of the exponentially heavier weight of being young, male and black among white people than average. I want a sequel for how Jordan manages in college, and that explores his father's journey more.

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