Hey, Kiddo: A Graphic Novel

Hey, Kiddo: A Graphic Novel

<B>A National Book Award Finalist!</B><BR />  <DIV>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.<BR /><BR /> 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.<BR /><BR /><I>Hey, Kiddo</I> is a profoundly important memoir about growing up in a family grappling with addiction, and finding the art that helps you survive.</DIV>