JR Episode: New Kid by Jerry Craft

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"But he's so articulate!" Join us as we discuss cereal for dinner, the meaning behind calling someone an “oreo”, and how code-switching can be used as a survival technique.

In this episode, we cover the middle-grade graphic novel: New Kid by Jerry Craft. Craft has five African-American literary awards and is the co-founder of the Schomburg Center’s Annual Black Comic Book Festival. New Kid was the first graphic novel to be awarded a Newbery Medal in 2020 and also received the Coretta Scott King Award, and the 2019 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature.

Sources and Show Notes:

• BUY: New Kid and Class Act: The Box Set a book by Jerry Craft

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine to offer free tuition after billion-dollar gift | CNN Business

• @rbreich - "shrinkflation"

• Let them eat Flakes: Kellogg’s CEO says poor families should consider ‘cereal for dinner’ | US news | The Guardian

• Assimilationist Analysis in Stamped from the Beginning | LitCharts

• ‘He’s So Articulate.’ What That Really Means

• The Racial Politics of Speaking Well - Lynette Clemetson - The New York Times

Sci-fi/Fantasy books featuring non-white protagonists:

Rick Riordan Presents Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (a Sal and Gabi Novel, Book 1) a book by Carlos Hernandez

Amari and the Night Brothers a book by B. B. Alston

Future Hero a book by Remi Blackwood

Shuri and t'Challa: Into the Heartlands (an Original Black Panther Graphic Novel)

Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron

The Marvellers a book by Dhonielle Clayton and Khadijah Khatib

Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (Reprint) a book by Tolá Okogwu

Dragons in a Bag a book by Zetta Elliott and Geneva B.

Seekers of the Wild Realm (Reprint) a book by Alexandra Ott

Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind a book by Misa Sugiura