Class ActAuthor :
Paperback
Published : Thursday 12 November 2020
Description
New York TimesA bestselling author Jerry Craft returns with a companion book toA New Kid, winner of the 2020 Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize. This time, itâ?Ts Jordanâ?Ts 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 â?oYou have to work twice as hard to be just as good.â?? His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. But what if he worksA tenA times as hard and still isnâ?Tt afforded the same opportunities that his privilegedA 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 JordanA 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.
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