My Lists
Featured Lists
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2015 | Middle to High School
Gr 10 Up—In this disturbing, heartbreaking, and inspiring memoir, Schmidt provides an account of an unstable childhood and adolescence. The prologue begins with Schmidt at age 16, coming home to discover his father crawling around the floor, covered in blood. The author then pulls back, describing his early years. After Schmidt's parents separated, his father, Mark, took custody of him. The two moved from one decrepit home to the next in Seattle, as Mark abused and sold drugs, barely earning a living. Schmidt's voice will r...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
With unflinching honesty, Schmidt recalls his 1970s–'80s childhood, in which loyalty to his abusive, single-parent, homosexual, and eventually HIV-p...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
