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Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes

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Ordinary Hazards

Author
Nikki Grimes
Narrator
Nikki Grimes
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Publish Date
10 December 2019
Run Time
4 hours 36 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Literature, books and writers, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Adoption / fostering
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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.

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Author
Nikki Grimes
Narrator
Nikki Grimes
Duration
4 hours 36 minutes
Release Date
10 December 2019
ISBN
9781980043058
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Genre
Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Literature, books and writers, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Adoption / fostering

Synopsis

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.

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