Jerry Craft is the author of this graphic novel getting a lot of acclaim right now. It is about a boy named Jordan who transfers to a posh, mostly-white middle school rather than go to the art school he wants to go to. Like any new kid, he struggles to fit in, but it is complicated by the racial inequity in the school. He and the other students of color find themselves the victims of discrimination and racial profiling. Jordan's parents hope that his ability to handle it in school will help him handle it later in the real world. It was a honest look at racism that is still present in our society and how it may impact students of color in a mostly-white school. (GN CRA)
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