Book
Hey, kiddo / by Jarrett J. Krosoczka.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780545902472
- Physical Description: 294 pages, 20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Subtitle on dust jacket: how I lost my mother, found my father, and dealt with family addiction. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Family history -- Life with Leslie -- Skipping a generation -- Disclosure -- Pen to paper -- Hard work -- Ghosts -- Lost and found -- Author's note. |
| Target Audience Note: | HL510L Lexile 013-017. |
| Awards Note: | ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019 Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2018 Horn Book Fanfare List, 2018 Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, 2018 Publisher's Weekly Best Young Adult Book, 2018 School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018 YALSA Finalist for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2019 |
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| Genre: | Graphic novels. Autobiographies. Autobiographical comics. Graphic novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Part | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Grand Forks Campbell Library | Young Adult Graphic Novel 362.29 KROSOCZKA Hey Kiddo (Text) | v.1 | 515954 | Young Adult Graphic Novel | Available | - |
Summary:
In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with raising children until Jarrett came along.Jarrett goes through his childhood trying to make his non-normal life as normal as possible, finding a way to express himself through drawing even as so little is being said to him about what's going on. Only as a teenager can Jarrett begin to piece together the truth of his family, reckoning with his mother and tracking down his father. Hey, Kiddo is a profoundly important memoir about growing up in a family grappling with addiction, and finding the art that helps you survive. --