Ordinary Hazards

Title: Ordinary Hazards
Book List: #mystories: Teen Fiction & Nonfiction Stories of and about Diverse Cultures, A Celebration of Black Voices in Teen Nonfiction, Fascinating Biographies for Teens
Published by: Wordsong
Release Date: 10/08/2019
Author: Nikki Grimes
Genre: Teen
Pages: 325
ISBN13: 9781629798813

In her own voice, author and poet Nikki Grimes explores the truth of a harrowing childhood in a memoir in verse.

Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster family, and preyed upon by those she trusted. At the age of six, she poured her pain onto a piece of paper late one night—and discovered the magic and impact of writing. For many years, Nikki's notebooks were her most enduing companions. In this memoir, Nikki shows how the power of those words helped her conquer the hazards—ordinary and extraordinary—of her life. 

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