There may also be content that is protected under the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations. The written permission of the copyright owners in materials not in the public domain is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. Rights assessment is your responsibility. Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J.While the Library of Congress created most of the videos in this collection, they include copyrighted materials that the Library has permission from rightsholders to present. Hey, Kiddo is a profoundly important memoir about growing up in a family grappling with addiction, and finding the art that helps you survive. Only as a teenager can Jarrett begin to piece together the truth of his family, reckoning with his mother and tracking down his father. 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. 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. His father is a mystery – Jarrett doesn’t know where to find him, or even what his name is. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett’s life. But Jarrett’s family is much more complicated than that. In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka’s teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy.

The powerful, unforgettable graphic memoir from bestselling author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka Excerpt by I Read YA on Scribd GET YOUR COPY Now, in his follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Hey, Kiddo, Jarrett brings readers back to Camp Sunshine so we can meet the campers and fellow counselors who changed the course of his life. He learned about the captivity of illness, for sure but he also learned about the freedom a safe space can bring. Not only was he subject to some of the usual rituals that come with being a camp counselor (wilderness challenges, spooky campfire stories, an extremely stinky mascot costume), but he also got a chance to meet some extraordinary kids facing extraordinary circumstances. Going into it, Jarrett was worried: Wouldn’t it be depressing, to be around kids facing such a serious struggle? Wouldn’t it be grim?īut instead of the shadow of death, Jarrett found something else at Camp Sunshine: the hope and determination that gets people through the most troubled of times. Krosoczka was in high school, he was part of a program that sent students to be counselors at a camp for seriously ill kids and their families. The extraordinary – and extraordinarily powerful – follow-up to Hey, Kiddo.

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