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New Kid

Written 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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Wonderful

I love this audiobook, because of the entertaining sounds and music in the recording. It has great representation of some things that are so engraved in our modern culture we don’t even notice. Would recommend to anyone looking for a wondrous listen.

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Great story and performances

My kids continue to enjoy this title. They listen to each night. Its been a couple months. The characters and performance is well done. The transitions are the some of the best. Gentle music that indicates a change in the chapter or persepctive

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  • Citizen M
  • 2019-03-20

The best little story for your whole family

This is book is totally entertaining and engaging for all ages. You can have your kids listen in.

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  • Xin GUAN
  • 2020-06-23

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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  • Kelly
  • 2019-07-05

Author needs to grow up

The good: Fun, lightweight listen, relatable.
The bad: Hypocrisy never addressed. Story feels like the author has some issues he never got over. Kids might walk away feeling that emotionally charged confrontation is the encouraged path.

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  • Jodora
  • 2019-02-05

Awesome, fun, funny

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

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  • Ollie Jones IV
  • 2021-03-29

Loved it

Me and my 11 year old son thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book. This was my first selection to listen together on his way to school as a way to encourage him to read more.

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  • Sara Osborn
  • 2022-09-06

Critical Race Theory at its finest!

This book was purchased as an option for one of my daughter's pre-approved booklist from school. It sounded like a fun and easy read from the sample given. So she picked this book. Very quickly we discovered that the book was designed to paint ALL white people as racist and bad simply because they are white. Sadly it made my daughter feel like she was guilty of racism just because of the color of her skin. 😡😡😡 We informed the teacher. And the book was removed from the reading list.
*I wish I could give this book a ZERO STAR RATING.

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  • Darabee
  • 2021-10-20

Very entertaining!

I have a confession. i bought this audiobook for my 11 yr old grandson. I decided to listen to a snippet of it b4 turning it over to him. I ended up listening to the whole thing while cooking dinner. The story, the performers, the humor was so entertaining. I cant wait for my grandson to listen. Highly recommend

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 2021-08-25

hard to follow along

I was reading this book while listening to it on audible and I have to say the audible story is a little different then the actual book so it ends up being hard to follow along. Still a good book though! Would recommend definitely.

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  • tracy stroud
  • 2021-08-10

pretty good

loved it the narrator was funny and smart and really nice and he acts like me i love art and I'm going to a new jr high.

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  • martina
  • 2021-08-04

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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