The Post talks to Jerry Craft

Jerry Craft shares school experience and love of drawing with main character in 'New Kid'

Graphic novel is about a boy who transfers to an elite school and has trouble fitting in.[in print as Novel shows how it feels to be the 'New Kid' at school].

By Mary Quattlebaum

Washington Post (April 1 2019).

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/jerry-craft-shares-school-experience-and-love-of-drawing-with-main-character-in-new-kid/2019/03/29/237416e4-41c8-11e9-922c-64d6b7840b82_story.html

Jerry Craft's new middle-grade graphic novel "New Kid" is about an African American boy who transfers to an elite middle school in New York that his parents favor. He would rather go to art school. (HarperCollins)