Books by Jerry Craft

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 n...othing 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?
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Fourth-grader Bakari Katari Johnson is having a really bad day--class bullies Tariq and Keisha are mad at him, his best friend Wardell has nominated him for hall monitor, a pack of ice zombies from a frozen world are demanding he return the magic ring that Keisha has, and somehow... he has to find a way to save the school.
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A freak accident gives five middle-school bullies superpowers. But instead of being able to transform into cool super-beings, they are forced to take on the characteristics of the kids who they pick on. Sure, their abilities may be at an all-time high, but do they really have wha...t it takes to save their school when their self-esteem is at an all-time low? --Back cover.
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Adapted for young readers from Our White Boy, the memoir of the first white athlete to cross the color barrier in Texas baseball

Purr! A Children's Book About Cats is a nonfiction educational picture book intended as a read-aloud and resource for children in the primary grades looking for a research source. The book contains a helpful collection of information about domestic cats, as well as information ab...out the most popular types of cats. The book is fitting into the elementary school language arts curriculum for the early grades.
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