Comparison
New Kid vs The Tale of Despereaux
How New Kid by Jerry Craft and The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo compare on reading level, grade placement, curriculum overlap, and shared themes — derived from primary-source citations on each book’s ReadingList page.
New Kid
Jerry Craft
- Grades
- 4–8
- Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 256
- Genre
- Middle Grade Graphic Novel
The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo
- Lexile
- 670L
- Grades
- 3–6
- Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 270
- Genre
- Middle Grade Fantasy
At a glance
- Grade-range overlap
- Grades 4–6
- Year-of-publication gap
- 16 years (2019 vs 2003)
- Page-count gap
- 14 pages (256 vs 270)
- Shared curricula
- 52 of 147
- Shared themes
- 0 of 11
Curriculum overlap
Both books appear in 52 shared curriculum frameworks:
Themes
Only New Kid
race and identity · code-switching · middle school adjustment · graphic narrative · private vs public school · friendship
Only The Tale of Despereaux
courage · forgiveness · light vs dark · fairy-tale form · underdog narrative
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New Kid
Jerry Craft
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The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo
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