Hey Kiddo

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

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 a