New Kid

OK, so at first the drawings seemed to make me dizzy. But then I actually enjoyed it. I guess the characters started to look less 2D too. So I read this for “Great Middle Grade” Reads group's book of the month. And I gotta say, it was fine. I guess it was worth the hype... Jordan was cool and I resonated with the “I want to be an artist but still goes to academic school”, lol. His family was so supportive and nice too. And his friends, even though I found his classmates at times quite weird. I couldn't figure out Jordan's ethnicity though like he was “colored” but not as tan as the other black friends he had. His dad seemed lighter than his mom, and he liked Chinese food a lot (as well as his grandpa) so I think maybe his dad is mixed or something, or Latino... I dunno. It's said that the school doesn't have much diversity, but I saw quite some tan, black, and Asian-looking peeps, so it wasn't too bad. Even though his glasses teacher was really annoying. It was fun, I recommend it to MG, graphic novels, diversity books, etc.