Ordinary hazards / Grimes, Nikki

"Author and poet Nikki Grimes explores the truth of a harrowing childhood in a compelling and moving memoir in verse"--OCLC.

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.

In Ordinary Hazards, Nikki Grimes wields her words to shine light into the darkness of her past. In the course of this remarkable memoir in verse, she shows how grace, wisdom, and the power of words can help a brave soul conquer the ordinary, and extraordinary, hazards of life.