Comparison
New Kid vs Wonder
How New Kid by Jerry Craft and Wonder by R.J. Palacio 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
Wonder
R.J. Palacio
- Lexile
- 790L
- Grades
- 3–7
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 320
- Genre
- Middle Grade Fiction
At a glance
- Grade-range overlap
- Grades 4–7
- Year-of-publication gap
- 7 years (2019 vs 2012)
- Page-count gap
- 64 pages (256 vs 320)
- Shared curricula
- 84 of 193
- Shared themes
- 1 of 11
- States banning both
- 1: FL
Curriculum overlap
Both books appear in 84 shared curriculum frameworks:
Themes
Shared
friendship
Only New Kid
race and identity · code-switching · middle school adjustment · graphic narrative · private vs public school
Only Wonder
facial difference · kindness · bullying · family · empathy
Banned-state overlap
Both books have documented removals or formal challenges in 1 shared state: Florida. Per PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024; policies vary by district within each state.
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New Kid
Jerry Craft
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Wonder
R.J. Palacio
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