Hey, Kiddo

Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Hey, Kiddo is an intensely personal coming of age autobiography in graphic novel format. Jarret is the son of a single mom heroin addict, who ends up being raised by his mother's parents while she is in jail. This is all revealed succinctly in the subtitle: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction. While the book deals with the pain of growing up in a broken, dysfunctional family, it also shows how love grows even in such inhospitable conditions. Ultimately, it is a book about healing hurts through coming to deal with them honestly and expressing them through, in Jarrett's case, his art.