'Lightning strikes twice as Craft again produces a funny and appealing yet sensitive and nuanced middle grade tale of inequity and microaggressions.' - School Library Journal (starred review) Another work of resounding understanding and empathy.' - Booklist (starred review) 'Craft makes the story honest and believable and presents it as a powerful, if difficult to achieve, real-world possibility.

'A well-Crafted, visually rich, truth-telling tale for our troubled times that affirms the eternal importance of friends.' - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

New Kid, the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal, is now joined by Jerry Craft's powerful Class Act. 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.Īs 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? To make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids. 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? 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.Įighth 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. 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.

Class Act by Jerry Craft