autobiographical poetry

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autobiographical poetry

Disappearing act

a true story
Memoir tracking the author's childhood in her unconventional family--with a father who suffered heavy mood swings, a mother who attempted to make things her version of normal, and two older sisters who did not share her last name. Everything got worse after the FBI raid and the court sentencing that took her father away. After that, Jiordan had to navigate friends who couldn't understand what she was feeling, and her own strange feeling that she was fading away, disappearing.
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The in-between

"In the early 2000s, thirteen-year-old Katie Wingate has moved more times that she can count, for as long as she can remember. There were the slow moves where you see the whole thing coming. There were the fast ones where you grab what you can in seconds. When Katie and her family come back from an out-of-town funeral, they discover their landlord has unceremoniously evicted them, forcing them to pack lightly and move quickly. They make their way to an Extended Stay America Motel, with Katie's mother promising it's temporary. Within the four walls of their new home, Katie and her siblings, Josh and Haley, try to live a normal life-all while wondering if things would be easier living with their father. Lyrical and forthcoming, Katie navigates the complexities that come with living in-between: in between homes, parents, and childhood and young adulthood, all while remaining hopeful for the future.".
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