Language: PG13 (20 swears, 0 'f' 1 'n'); Mature Content: PG (maturation); Violence: R (assaults)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
Author Nikki Grimes recounts her experience growing up with a schizophrenic mother, an absent father, an abusive step father, and time spent in foster care. She and her sister were separated and placed in foster care for many years, although Nikki eventually moved back home with her mother, her life was fraught with uncertainty, abuse, and people who didn't believe in her.
Moving and poignant, this carefully constructed memoir in verse is achingly sad and beautifully hopeful.
(This title will be released October 2019)
Lisa Librarian
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