Dear Dad: Growing Up with a Parent in Prison -- And How We Stayed Connected
Patton, Jay Jay; Patton, Antoine; Valdez, Kiara
Language: English
Published by Graphix, 2024
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- Title
- Dear Dad: Growing Up with a Parent in Prison -- And How We Stayed Connected
- Author
- Patton, Jay Jay; Patton, Antoine; Valdez, Kiara
- Publisher
- Graphix
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1338893203
- ISBN 13
- 9781338893205
- Illustrator
- Jenai, Markia
- Item weight
- 0.73 pounds
" ...Your dad is coming back home."
As far back as nine-year-old Jay Jay Patton can remember, her dad, Antoine has been in prison. Growing up in Buffalo, New York with her mom and younger brother, she's only been to visit him twice. Instead, the two have sent each other numerous letters -- Jay Jay's letters can take weeks or months to reach her dad, and some never even get delivered. What's it going to be like having Dad home?
This powerful coming-of-age graphic novel memoir tells Jay Jay Patton's life of growing up with a dad in -- and out of -- prison. How she and her dad were able to develop a powerful father/daughter bond and create Photo Patch -- a life-changing application that connects children to incarcerated parents. Because no child should have to grow up unable to engage with their parents. As Jay Jay says: “it's not a privilege for a kid to be able to talk to their parent. It's a right.”
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About the Author
Antoine Patton was born on an army base in Fort Ord, California. He grew up in rough neighborhoods across Buffalo, New York, and ended up incarcerated at age 20 for eight years. While in prison, he learned to code and taught his daughter after his release. They collaborated to build Photo Patch - an app that allows families to freely send photos to their incarcerated loved ones.
Since coming home from prison, Antoine has become a prolific entrepreneur, software engineer, and published author. In 2018, Antoine launched Unlock Academy, an online learning platform and community to do good. Antoine is the author of From Cages to Stages: How I Used S.T.E.M. to Liberate Me From the Prison Within. He is also an avid investor and the creator of T.Bot - an Algo trading software that automatically trades stocks, crypto and forex instruments.
Antoine resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his partner Gina and their 4 kids.
Kiara Valdez is an Afro-Dominican writer and editor from New York City. She has a love for the color lilac and spends her free time reading, writing, and enjoying a long list of other hobbies she can't keep up with.
Markia Jenai is an African American illustrator from Detroit, Michigan. She works in the realm of historical fiction and nonfiction. Markia has illustrated artwork for middle-grade chapter books such as Lena and the Burning of Greenwood, the picture book The Story of Juneteenth and the graphic novel It's Her Story: Josephine Baker.
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