This Newbery Award winning graphic novel follows Jordan, a kid from Washington Heights, for his entire seventh grade school year. Jordan loves drawing and carries a sketchbook everywhere. He dreams of going to art school, but his mother insists on sending him to a private, academically rigorous school a long subway ride away. He is one of very few kids of color in the whole school, as if being the new kid wasn't awkward enough. Luckily he finds friends in Liam, the rich white student assigned as his first week guide, and Drew, the only other black boy in his homeroom. Jordan survives joining a mandatory sports team, racial micro-aggressions from teachers, Secret Santas, unspoken cafeteria seating rules, salmon pink shorts and more. As he spends more time and begins to find his feet in the private school environment he finds it harder to make time for his neighborhood friends. But he has loving parents, and a grandpa full of wise advice on how to fit the two halves of his world together. This is a nuanced and warmhearted story, and I'm glad to know it will probably be available in every library in the country soon!