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Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir

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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Nikki GrimesAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2019-10-08Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:WordsongISBN-13:9781629798813ISBN-10:1629798819UPC:9781629798813Book Category:Young Adult NonfictionBook Subcategory:Poetry, Biography & Autobiography, FamilyBook Topic:Literary, Orphans & Foster HomesAward:2020 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book - Young Adult Award|2020 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Book - Children's Book Award|2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Honor Book - Nonfiction AwardSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCPH4A8Z30
In her own voice, acclaimed author and poet Nikki Grimes explores the truth of a harrowing childhood in a compelling and moving 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 accessible and inspiring memoir that will resonate with young readers and adults alike, Nikki shows how the power of those words helped her conquer the hazards - ordinary and extraordinary - of her life.
Language:EnglishPublisher:WordsongISBN-13:9781629798813ISBN-10:1629798819UPC:9781629798813Book Category:Young Adult NonfictionBook Subcategory:Poetry, Biography & Autobiography, FamilyBook Topic:Literary, Orphans & Foster HomesAward:2020 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book - Young Adult Award|2020 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Book - Children's Book Award|2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Honor Book - Nonfiction AwardSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCPH4A8Z30
New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes is the recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, the ALA Children's Literature Legacy Award, and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Her books include her critically acclaimed memoir in verse Ordinary Hazards as well as picture books Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice and Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope. She won the Coretta Scott King Award for Bronx Masquerade and earned a Coretta Scott King Author Honor five times--for Words with Wings, Jazmin's Notebook, Dark Sons, Talkin' About Bessie, and The Road to Paris. Visit nikkigrimes.com
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🏆 2020 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book - Young Adult Award|2020 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Book - Children's Book Award|2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Honor Book - Nonfiction Award

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