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at RAD and become friends with him. His friendship with Liam also deepens after he goes to his house and they play video games. Liam gives him a pair of pink shorts that everyone at RAD wears for
Christmas. After a discussion with his grandfather, Jordan successfully mixes both his school friends through video games. However, after Jordan corrects his neighborhood friends' grammar they give him the nickname "Private School".
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hand burn to
Alexandra's friends. As a result, Alexandra tells him she was gonna be mad at him for revealing the burn before realising he had done this to help her. Drew remains unsure if he'll return to RAD, almost having been suspended for the argument with Andy despite making the honor roll each semester. The book ends with Jordan with his neighborhood friends as they start their summer.
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experience to make the book humorous. It was important to Craft that the book was funny because "I think that as a people we have gotten so complacent in misery that we almost expect it" when it comes to portrays of
African Americans. He felt his cartoon work also gave him experience in tackling serious topics in "palatable" ways.
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The graphic novel format allows for extra content for readers to interpret the actions and intents of the characters. It can also show how Jordan is feeling, as when he is shown to be the size of an ant when he first enters the cafeteria. The book uses a variety of graphic styles, including black and
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Things start to slowly improve for Jordan. Forced to pick a team sport to play, Jordan chooses soccer and struggles with the rules and the cold, and scores an accidental goal in his first game. He also can have honest conversations with Drew about what it's like to be one of the few
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The character of Jordan draws on traits from both Craft and his two sons. Craft also drew on his sons' experiences in private schools. He made some major revisions to the book after showing it to his two college-aged children. His son's experiences were important in helping in Craft's goal of having
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Readers' Literature. It was the first graphic novel to be awarded the Newbery Medal. The book's illustrations, using a unique number of graphical styles, helped to achieve a balance between the book's humorous and dramatic elements. Its critical and award successes were viewed at the time
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described wanting to put as much into the book as he could, as he was unsure if he'd get a similar opportunity in the future, "By the end, it was like overpacking a suitcase — I had to kind of sit on it to zip it up, because I was trying to put so much in for so many different people." He expressed
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As the school year draws to a close, Jordan's modern art illustration is picked for the cover of the yearbook. Drew, Liam, and Jordan have become good friends and on the last day of school Jordan even wears the pair of pink shorts that Liam gave him at
Christmas. Jordan spreads the info about the
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Jordan has some difficulties adjusting to RAD. These include sitting at the wrong table at lunch and not knowing how to act when a friend from the neighborhood sees him with Liam. Further challenges occur when his advisor discusses students on financial aid and calls Drew by the name of DeAndre.
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was to create a character in Jordan with universal appeal. However, writing a book that reflected the modern
African American experience for African American readers was at the heart of why Craft wanted to write the book. Craft credits his experience as a syndicated cartoonist with giving him
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would be recognized with the
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white drawings to represent Jordan's sketchbook, and full-color graphics with extra design elements like emojis, in other places. Each new chapter is introduced through a humorous two-page spread. Such humorous elements also help to provide balance for the serious elements of the story.
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wrote that the graphic novel "stands out as a robust, contemporary depiction of a preteen navigating sometimes hostile spaces yet staying true to himself thanks to friends, family, and art." Bird noted how
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a contemporary rather than historical setting. Craft talked with some of the teachers who he'd parodied who expressed that they learned something after reading the book.
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praised the black and white drawings for the expressive way they develop Jordan's character while suggesting that "the art loses a bit of detail during crowd scenes."
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which Craft attended in high school. Craft also cited
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