Hey, kiddo
Krosoczka, Jarrett2018
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An important graphic novel memoir that was a US National Book Award Finalist. 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.
Main title:
Hey, kiddo / by Jarrett J. Krosoczka.
Author:
Krosoczka, Jarrett, author, artist
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York, NY : Graphix, 2018.
Collation:
294 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 22 cm
Audience:
Adolescent.
ISBN:
9780545902489 (pbk)
Dewey class:
TG362.2913092Jt920KROY362.2913 KROS
LC class:
HQ536
Local class:
YAF Graphic NovelF
Language:
English
Subject:
Krosoczka, Jarrett -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literatureDysfunctional families -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literatureChildren of drug addicts -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literatureGrandparents as parents -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literatureTeenage boys -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literatureAutobiographical comic books, strips, etcTeenage Non-FictionPersonal and Social IssuesGraphic NovelsYoung adult fictiongraphic novel
BRN:
2612776
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