Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Coretta Scott King Book AwardsAuthor Award | 2020 | Winner |
| Newbery Medal | 2020 | Winner |
About This Book
Seventh-grader Jordan Banks loves making comics but is sent to a prestigious private school where he's one of few Black students. A graphic novel about navigating microaggressions, code-switching, and finding your true self. The first graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal.
About the Author
Jerry Craft is an American author and illustrator whose graphic novel New Kid (2019) won the Coretta Scott King Award and the Newbery Medal in 2020 — the first graphic novel to win the Newbery. New Kid is a semi-autobiographical story about Jordan Banks, a Black middle schooler who is the new kid at an elite private school, navigating the tensions between his Harlem neighbourhood and his new environment. Craft has been a working cartoonist and illustrator for decades, best known for his comic strip Mama's Boyz, which ran in newspapers for over twenty years. Read more →
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