Book Review: New Kid by Jerry Craft

A new school means one thing... being the new kid. Jordan starts at a new school where he feels he doesn't really fit it. Middle school can be a jungle and making a few new friends and finding where you belong makes the journey better.
 

Craft expertly nuisances the different setting in Jordan's life, giving a real fish out of water feeling as he starts a school where not many people look like he does. Jordan's artwork looks hand drawn on the page and gives tribute to Craft's love of doodling on his pages. If the reader has never been a new kid it expertly represents the challenges faced when finding yourself in an environment different from everything you have known. Jordan is a relatable character and will be adored by both artistic and his cast of characters means that each reader will find someone they can relate to.

"Craft skillfully employs the graphic-novel format to its full advantage, giving his readers a delightful and authentic cast of characters who, along with New York itself, pop off the page with vibrancy and nuance. Shrinking Jordan to ant-sized proportions upon his entering the school cafeteria, for instance, transforms the lunchroom into a grotesque Wonderland in which his lack of social standing becomes visually arresting and viscerally uncomfortable.

An engrossing, humorous, and vitally important graphic novel that should be required reading in every middle school in America." Kirkus

Book Information:

Craft, J. (2019). NEW KID. New York: Harper Collins. IBSN 978006269119

What Next?

Read CLASS ACT and SCHOOL TRIP also by Jerry Craft! New Kid is also being turned into a major motion picture!