New Boy: A Powerful YA Novel of Isolation and Identity―The First African American Student at a 1950s Connecticut Boarding School
Set in a 1950s Connecticut boarding school, New Boy follows the first African American student to enter its community. This powerful young adult novel examines isolation and identity through the experience of being new in a place shaped by its time and traditions.
About This Book
New Boy is a young adult novel about isolation and identity.
The story follows the first African American student at a Connecticut boarding school in the 1950s.
Set against this period and setting, the novel explores the experience of entering an unfamiliar school community.
It offers a focused portrait of belonging, difference, and the challenges of being new.
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