# Hey, Kiddo: A Graphic Novel

**Author:** Jarrett J. Krosoczka
**Grade range:** Grades 3–10
**First published:** 2018
**Page count:** 322
**Genre:** Children's
**ISBN-13:** `9780545902496`
**ISBN-10:** `0545902495`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/hey-kiddo-how-i-lost-my-mother-found-my-father-and-dealt-with-family-addiction
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

The powerful, unforgettable graphic memoir from Jarrett Krosoczka, about growing up with a drug-addicted mother, a missing father, and two unforgettably opinionated grandparents. A 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 possib

## Where this book is assigned

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