New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft returns with a companion book to New Kid winner
of the 2020 Newbery Medal the Coretta Scott King Author Award and the Kirkus Prize. This time
it's Jordan's friend Drew who takes center stage in another laugh-out-loud funny powerful and
important story about being one of the few kids of color in a prestigious private school.
Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying You have to work twice as hard to be just
as good. His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. But what if he works ten times as
hard and still isn't afforded the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the
Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted? To make matters worse Drew begins to feel as if
his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids. He wants to pretend like everything
is fine but it's hard not to withdraw and even their mutual friend Jordan doesn't know how to
keep the group together. As the pressures mount will Drew find a way to bridge the divide so
he and his friends can truly accept each other? And most important will he finally be able to
accept himself? New Kid the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal is now joined by
Jerry Craft's powerful Class Act.
