NMLP P-014375 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

New Kid

Jerry Craft · HarperCollins (Harper / Balzer + Bray) · 2019

US true first; there is no competing UK or Canadian precedence. Newbery Medal 2020, also Coretta Scott King Author Award and Kirkus Prize. Note: the 2019 first edition was issued under HarperCollins Children's Books; the Quill Tree Books imprint did not launch until 2020, so 'Quill Tree' appears only on later printings, not the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-014375 for "New Kid" by Jerry Craft (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-014375, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).