The end of the book, in which Jarrett finally confronts some of the difficult adults in his life directly, also suggests that he did, at last, find a way to look all his monsters in the eye, and to “freeze” them here on the pages. Jarrett’s monsters certainly represent the frightening adults who are all around him, but they’re also a great image of a child desperately struggling for security and control that’s far beyond his power: Only by “keeping an eye” on the monsters can he freeze them, and there are far too many for one little kid to keep an eye on. However, that the nightmares continue past the time when he’s living with Shirley suggests a deeper meaning, too. Krosoczka is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator, a two-time winner of the Children’s Choice Book Award for the Third to Fourth Grade Book of the Year, an Eisner award nominee, and the author and/or illustrator of more than 30 books for young readers. The book tells the story of Krosoczka's childhood living with his grandparents while his mother lived with a substance use disorder. This insistent, recurring nightmare is a clear image of Jarrett’s predicament in a household where he can’t even count on his mother to be home when he wakes up, let alone to keep him safe in other ways-for instance, by not “making terrible decisions” like allowing strange and sometimes bloodstained men to hide out at her house (60). Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction is a graphic memoir by Jarrett J.

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