Published by HarperCollins

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Summary: Jordan Banks' true love is art, and he'd beloved to be starting seventh grade at an art school, but his parents have a different idea.  They've enrolled him in Riverdale Academy Twenty-four hour period School, an exclusive, mostly white private school where Jordan is one of the few students of color.  The story follows him from his first day to his terminal, every bit he tries to strike a balance between his new friends at Riverdale and old friends from his Washington Heights neighborhood.  Hashemite kingdom of jordan is a smart and observant kid, and the story reflects his observations about the assumptions fabricated about him and other African American and Latinx kids. He as well has some of his own beliefs challenged about some of his white classmates.  By the cease of the year, he's feeling more comfortable at school, has kept his connections back home, and is ready for another year at Riverdale, the story of which we tin promise will be told in a sequel. 256 pages; grades 4-8.

Pros:   Jerry Craft tackles racism head-on, only with a light enough affect to make an entertaining and engaging story with a likable protagonist. I feel confident in predicting that this will fly off any library shelves it is placed on.  Put it in the hands of fans of realistic graphic novel authors similar Raina Telgemeier, Victoria Jamieson, and Jennifer Holm.

Cons: There were a lot of characters to keep rail of, which somehow is always more difficult for me in a graphic novel.

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