Hey, kiddo

Title:

Hey, kiddo

Author:

Krosoczka, Jarrett, author, illustrator.

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."-- Provided by publisher.

Audience:

GN510L Lexile

011-013.

Decoding indicator: 100 (very high) Semantic indicator: 100 (very high) Syntactic indicator: 80 (high) Structure indicator: 90 (high) Lexile.

General Note:

"How I lost my mother, found my father, and dealt with family addiction"--Cover.

Edition:

First edition.

Contents:

Prologue -- Chapter 1: family history -- Chapter 2: life with Leslie -- Chapter 3: skipping a generation -- Chapter 4: disclosure -- Chapter 5: pen to paper -- Chapter 6: hard work -- Chapter 7: ghosts -- Chapter 8: lost and found -- Author's note.

Physical Description:

294 pages, 20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Autobiographical comics.

Nonfiction comics.

Personal Subject:

Krosoczka, Jarrett-Comic books, strips, etc.

Subject Term:

Children of drug addicts -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Dysfunctional families -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Absentee fathers -- Comic books, strips, etc.