Hey, Kiddo 是一本触及心灵的图像小说。作者Jarrett Krosoczka以第一视角讲述了他在母亲吸毒成瘾、父亲失联的的背景下，和两位祖父母一起长大的故事。
幼儿园老师请Jarrett 画自己的家人，妈妈和爸爸。事实是，Jarrett 的家庭比这复杂得多。妈妈是瘾君子，常在生活突然消失，坐牢或者不断进出戒毒所。他的父亲是个谜——不知在何方，甚至不知姓谁名啥。他和两个喜欢吵闹、爱开玩笑、善良又固执的祖父母住一起————在Jarrett 出现之前，祖父母一直认为自己不用再带小孩了。祖父看出Jarrett热爱绘画，全力支持他走入艺术殿堂。回顾过去，他认为是绘画艺术挽救了自己 ，得以顺利度过非同常人的童年。
本书的音频由作者、作者的妻子和孩子们一起参与配音，曾经学校的老师们也亲自为书中自己的角色配音。音频整体效果如电影，堪称视听盛宴。传递正能量和爱，探讨人生的意义。作者走出怨恨，正确看待瘾君子妈妈是好人，但做出了错误的决定——吸毒。妈妈亦支持这本书的出版，希望以亲身经历告诫他人务必不要沾染毒品，毒瘾令人终生痛苦。（展开全文，有电子书内页）
提醒：本书部分情节有出现Curse Words（咒骂脏活），为表现书中人物（如祖母的婚戒被瘾君子妈妈偷走）暴怒的真实情绪，并无不良引导。建议家长在小朋友听读前做好正确引导。
作者: Jarrett J. Krosoczka
出版社: Graphix
出版年: 2018-10-9
定价: USD 8.15
装帧: Paperback
ISBN: 9780545902489
蓝思值：GN510L
建议阅读年龄：11 岁以上及成人（国内建议12岁以上）
首先Graphic novel不等同于漫画。Graphic novel以漫画的板式，完整叙述并展示了人物和故事情节的发展的书籍。既有虚构类。也有非虚构类，历史类，奇幻等各种题材。（而漫画书通常是期刊，定期发行，比如日本漫画）
Graphic novel属于视觉文学，中文译名图像小说.
The powerful, unforgettable graphic memoir from Jarrett Krosoczka, about growing up with a drug-addicted mother, a missing father, and two unforgettably opinionated grandparents.
In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with raising children until Jarrett came along.Jarrett goes through his childhood trying to make his non-normal life as normal as possible, finding a way to express himself through drawing even as so little is being said to him about what's going on. Only as a teenager can Jarrett begin to piece together the truth of his family, reckoning with his mother and tracking down his father. Hey, Kiddo is a profoundly important memoir about growing up in a family grappling with addiction, and finding the art that helps you survive.
