Dear Dad: Growing Up with a Parent in Prison -- and How We Stayed Connected Teen & Young Adult Books With help from her classmates

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Recipient of an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children’s Literary Work

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Dear Dad: Growing Up with a Parent in Prison -- and How We Stayed Connected Teen & Young Adult Books With help from her classmatesA stunning graphic novel memoir about growing up with an incarcerated parent. " Your dad is coming back home." As far back as nine year old Jay Jay Patton can remember, her dad, Antoine has been in prison. Growing up in Buffalo, New York with her mom and younger brother, she's only been to visit him twice. Instead, the two have sent each other numerous letters Jay Jay's letters can take weeks or months to reach her dad, and some never even get