Ordinary hazards, a memoir, Nikki Grimes
Type
Label
Ordinary hazards, a memoir, Nikki Grimes
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
840L, LexileSentence length: 4 (hard), Word frequency: 4 (hard), Lexile
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Ordinary hazards
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
1155050558
Responsibility statement
Nikki Grimes
Sub title
a memoir
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, along 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 dust jacket
Target audience
adolescent
Classification
Creator
Subject
- African American women poets -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Creative writing + Therapeutic use
- Autobiographical poetry
- Dysfunctional families -- Young adult literature
- Ex-foster children -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Grimes, Nikki -- Young adult literature
- Novels in verse
- Electronic books
- School children -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Diaries + Psychological aspects -- Young adult literature
- Poetry + Therapeutic use
- Poets, American -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Autobiographies
- African American women authors -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Teenage girls -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Children of the mentally ill -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Young adult literature
- Foster children + Psychological aspects -- Young adult literature
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- African American women poets -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Creative writing + Therapeutic use
- Autobiographical poetry
- Dysfunctional families -- Young adult literature
- Ex-foster children -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Grimes, Nikki -- Young adult literature
- Novels in verse
- Electronic books
- School children -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Diaries + Psychological aspects -- Young adult literature
- Poetry + Therapeutic use
- Poets, American -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Autobiographies
- African American women authors -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Teenage girls -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Children of the mentally ill -- Biography -- Young adult literature
- Young adult literature
- Foster children + Psychological aspects -- Young adult literature
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- Author1
- Other version1
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