Class Act: A Graphic Novel

New YorkTimes bestselling author Jerry Craft returns with a companion bookto 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.