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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Join Our Spoiler-Welcome Discussion of T. Kingfisher’s Books  

Who wanted this banned and why?

Class Act by Jerry Craft

October 17, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

Drew Ellis goes to the prestigious Riverdale Academy Day School, but unlike a lot of his more privileged classmates, he feels like he has to work way harder and he still might not get the same opportunities that they do. While a lot of his fellow students live in enormous mansions, Drew lives alone with his grandmother (who has to work almost constantly to provide for him). He also knows that no matter how good his grades are or which school he attends, most people […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Book Club, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #BannedBooks, #CannonballBookClub, #memoir, CBR15, Class Act, comic book, coming-of-age, friendship, Graphic Novel, Jerry Craft, Malin, middle grade, New Kid, Racism

Malin's CBR15 Review No:61 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Book Club, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #BannedBooks, #CannonballBookClub, #memoir, CBR15, Class Act, comic book, coming-of-age, friendship, Graphic Novel, Jerry Craft, Malin, middle grade, New Kid, Racism ·
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Real Fictional Comic about a Comic Artist (in middle school)

New Kid by Jerry Craft

September 4, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 8: Picture This Since the book club book I’m thinking I want to start with is part 2 of a series, I figured I’d get a hold of book one first. Somehow, I’d forgotten that New Kid was a graphic novel, so it fits in just fine for Bingo. Turns out the main character want to be a drawer of pictures, so it double works. I was a little unsure about this one before starting it because it was more of a middle grade […]

Filed Under: Featured, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: #BannedBooks, cbr15bingo, comic book, coming-of-age, Graphic Novel, Jerry Craft, New Kid, Newberry Medal winner

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:63 · Genres: Featured, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: #BannedBooks, cbr15bingo, comic book, coming-of-age, Graphic Novel, Jerry Craft, New Kid, Newberry Medal winner ·
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