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Dear Dad: Growing Up With a Parent in Prison -- and How We Stayed Connected
Jay Jay Patton, with Kiara Valdez
Illustrator: Markia Jenai
Ages: 9+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Graphix/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-1-3388-9320-5
Keywords: Biography/Memoir-incarceration, apps, family separations
Patton tells her story of fighting for the right to stay in touch with her dad, even developing an app to do it. Brightly colored comic panels.