Description
- Included in Navigating Middle Grade: Terrific Novels about Family, Friendship, and Fitting In campaign: featuring SWEEPING UP THE HEART/Henkes, NEW KID/Jerry Craft, RIGHT AS RAIN/Lindsey Stoddard, A GOOD KIND OF TROUBLE/Lisa Ramée and including a big mouth mailing, thematic educator guide, conference display, and an extensive digital advertising campaign with book bundle sweepstakes
- Standalone Big Mouth Galley Mailing with author letter to 150 influential teachers and librarians
- Announcement advertising via The Horn Book (September/October) Booklist & School Library Journal (November)
- Digital announcement advertising via SLJ’s Fuse#8 Blog (December)
- Featured speaker at HarperCollins S19 Preview (October 2018)
- Meterboard and coupon advertising at NCTE 18 in Houston, TX (November 2018)
- Lead promotion at national teacher and librarian conferences and preview events
- Author blog post via TeachingBooks.net (February 2019)
- TLA 2019 conference appearance, session and signing (Austin, TX |April 2019)
- Full Social Media Campaign on HarperStacks including author video feature
Advertising via Horn Book Talks With Roger e-newsletter (November)
Standalone starred review print advertising via SLJ, Booklist, and the Horn Book
Starred review social advertising targeting teachers and librarians (March)
Winner of the Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Author Award, and Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature!
Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang, New Kid is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real, from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft.
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?
This middle grade graphic novel is an excellent choice for tween readers, including for summer reading.
New Kid is a selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List.
Plus don't miss Jerry Craft's Class Act!