A review by droar
Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.0

Jarrett Krosoczka (a la Lunch Lady comics & Jedi Academy) tells the story of his childhood in this distressing & uplifting graphic autobiography. He speaks frankly about his mother's heroin addiction and being raise by his grandparents. What I like most about the story is that you are as in the loop as Jarrett is as the story progresses. You see how his perspective on his family shifts as he gets older and learns more of the truth. It's a very honest and open approach that doesn't cast his mother as a horrible villain or raise his grandparents to hugely heroic level. They're all just people, lovely, flawed people trying their best (or not). It's a good story well told, especially for teens.