School Trip, Jerry Craft
School Trip, Jerry Craft
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School Trip

Author: Jerry Craft

Narrator: Dereje Tarrant, Nile Bullock, Guy Lockard, Marc Thompson, Kaian Lilien, Dan Bittner, Ron Butler, Kim Mai Guest, Miles Harvey, January LaVoy, Robin Miles, Rebecca Soler, Phoebe Strole

Unabridged: 2 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/04/2023

Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, Liam, and all the characters that fans first met in New Kid, winner of the Newbery Award and the Coretta Scott King Author Award! The gang from Riverdale Academy Day is heading to Paris, for an international education like you’ve never seen before…Jordan, Drew, Liam, Maury, and their friends from Riverdale Academy Day School are heading out on a school trip to Paris. As an aspiring artist himself, Jordan can’t wait to see all the amazing art in the famous City of Lights.But when their trusted faculty guides are replaced at the last minute, the school trip takes an unexpected—and hilarious—turn. Especially when trying to find their way around a foreign city ends up being almost as tricky as navigating the same friendships, fears, and differences that they struggle with at home.Will Jordan and his friends embrace being exposed to a new language, unfamiliar food, and a different culture? Or will they all end up feeling like the “new kid”?Don’t miss the two hilarious and powerful companion novels by Jerry Craft, New Kid and Class Act!

About Jerry Craft

Jerry Craft is the author-illustrator of #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novels New Kid and its companion book, Class Act. New Kid was the first book in history to win the Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature. In his latest book, School Trip, Jerry hopes to share his love of travel in order to inspire kids and their families to see the world and embrace new cultures. He received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts and now lives in Florida. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rod on April 22, 2023

Jerry Craft continues to make a lot of great points about racism and microaggressions with his junior high characters, but this meandering class trip to Paris is overstuffed with too many characters taking too many digressions at too slow a pace. A middle school graphic novel usually take me thirty......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on March 10, 2023

While I enjoyed this iteration in the New Kid graphic novel series, it wasn't my favorite. I feel like there were aspects of the book that were very disjointed and were just included to make a point and not b/c it was actually part of the story.......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on May 28, 2023

5 Stars This was one of my most anticipated reads of 2023 and when I found out that it was being released in my birthday month. You couldn’t have found a happier person than me that day. Happy to say that this graphic novel was worth the wait. Everything was handled beautifully! It’s realistic yet ha......more

Goodreads review by Genevieve on January 12, 2023

Our middle school aged son previously read and loved New Kid and Class Act and so he was super excited to check this one out. These books are a perfect balance of being totally engaging and readable, while also speaking to so many important and relatable topics they encounter (or hear about) in thei......more

Goodreads review by Cassie on January 29, 2023

When I saw the third installment of the New Kid series by Jerry Craft, I was PUMPED. I loved both New Kid and Class Act and have had many wonderful discussion with students about these books. For some reason, though, School Trip just didn't hit the same. Don't get me wrong, every message of inclusio......more

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