纽伯瑞金奖: New Kid by Jerry Craft





内容简介：
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?

作者简介：

[美]杰里•克拉夫特：作家兼插画师，毕业于纽约视觉艺术学院，著有多部绘本、图像小说和儿童小说，曾5次获得非裔美国人文学奖。2020年，他凭借《我在私立学校的第一年》获得纽伯瑞金奖，这也是纽伯瑞儿童文学奖自1922年创设以来第一部获奖的图像小说。