New Kid

Gah! New Kid was the winner this year and it's now taken me three months to blog about it. In my defense, I had a baby and COVID-19 shut down the world in the interim, but neither of those things have really interfered with my ability to write a review.

I liked New Kid. It's the first ever graphic novel to win the medal (though there have been a few honors in the past decade) and deserved it. Jordan - the protagonist - is funny and made me laugh out loud on a few occasions (his comics in particular were hilarious). It was one of three 2020 Newberys about a kid going to a new school where he/she is a different race than most of the students (Genesis Begins Again & Other Words for Home were the others), but I appreciate that Jordan handles his situation with a little more humor. And I think the other students are kinder in general, which made it easier to read (I have a hard time reading about mean kids).

K, baby's crying. Gotta go.