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Author:

Grimes, Nikki.

Title:

Ordinary hazards : a memoir / Nikki Grimes.

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Publisher:

WordSongan imprint Astra Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Grimes, Nikki--Juvenile poetry.
African American women authors--Juvenile poetry.--Juvenile poetry.
African American women poets--Juvenile poetry.--Juvenile poetry.
Ex-foster children--Juvenile poetry.--Juvenile poetry.
Children of the mentally ill--Juvenile poetry.--Juvenile poetry.
Poetry--Therapeutic use.
Creative writing--Therapeutic use.
School children--Juvenile poetry.--Juvenile poetry.
Teenage girls--Juvenile poetry.--Juvenile poetry.
Dysfunctional families--Juvenile poetry.
Diaries--Juvenile poetry.--Juvenile poetry.
Foster children--Juvenile poetry.--Juvenile poetry.
Novels in verse.
Poets, American--Juvenile poetry.--Juvenile poetry.

Summary:

...this writing thing was some kind of magic trick I didn't yet understand... Nikki Grimes discovered the power of writing at the tender age of six, when, alone in her room, she poured her fears, anger, and tears onto a piece of paper - and felt sweet relief. Words and faith were her most enduring companions as life flung her headlong from one harrowing experience to the next through her childhood and teenage years. Words, spilled into notebook after notebook, kept her moving forward. Words turned what might have been into what could be. In the course of this remarkable memoir in verse, Nikki Grimes shows how grace, wisdom, and the power of words can help a brave soul conquer the hazards - ordinary and extraordinary - of life. -- From hardcover edition dust jacket.

ISBN:

1635925622
9781635925623

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1301912475

Locations:

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)