Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction in Crazy Challenge Connection

Oct 31, 2019 Brindi Michele rated it really liked it

Shelves: ys-nonfiction, odyssey-award, young-adult, audio-books, biography, graphic-novel

Odyssey Winner 2020

The audio sort of pushed this up a star, but then knocked it back down a star (if that makes any sense). There were certain aspects I really liked about the full-on performance, complete with background noises and sound effects. However, the main narrator (the author himself, by the way) sounds very juvenile while telling his story. So while it deals with a very difficult and mature subject, I still think it's appropriate for young adults. ...more

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May 06, 2020 Beth rated it really liked it

Shelves: cybils, young-adult, memoir, graphic-novel, cybils-2018, cybilsreaddown

A biography of a childhood both happy and stressed. Jarrett's parents were addicts (heroin and alcohol) and by the time he was a preschooler his grandparents took him in to raise. They also weren't perfect (drinking, argueing) but they were loving and responsible. By the time Jarrett was an adult, he was ready to meet his father, accept his mother as she was rather that as she could have been, and launch himself into his dream of being an artist and writer. As this book proves, he succeeded on a ...more

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Sep 16, 2019 Kate rated it really liked it

This is a graphic novel biography. The author describes his experience being raised primarily by his grandparents as his mother struggled with addiction to drugs and his quest to become a cartoonist. It was an effective way to portray his story.

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