Middle School Reads!

by Jerry Craft Lexile:  GN320 Genre:  Realistic Fiction, Graphic Novel Jordan Banks is starting 7th grade at a brand new school:  Riverdale Academy Day School.  It is very different from his other school and the neighborhood in which he lives.  There isn't much diversity at Riverdale and Jordan has to put up with stares, being called the wrong name, and assumptions and judgements that are made about him by staff and students.  Jordan struggles with feeling accepted and making friends, but his parents feel that it is important that he try to take advantage of the opportunities that this school will provide.  Jordan will have to learn how to navigate his two different worlds while staying true to the person he is and the person he hopes to become.