In the afternoon, he was a rock star to the fourth- and fifth-grade students at Gates Lane Elementary School, inspiring them just as he had been inspired by the teachers, librarians and a visit from a published author, Jack Gantos, when he was a student at Gates Lane in the 1980s. Early Jr.’s Central Massachusetts Opioid Task Force about living with addiction and ways that children affected by addiction can be supported. Krosoczka spoke at the AC Marriott Hotel downtown with members of District Attorney Joseph D. “Hey, Kiddo” was a National Book Award finalist in 2018 and received many other awards. He didn’t know his father until he was nearly an adult himself. Krosoczka, 41, was raised by his grandparents on Brookline Street, near Webster Square, while his mother was in and out of rehab and jail because of her heroin addiction. Krosoczka was back in Worcester Thursday, in a place that shaped him and, as he described in a video on his website, almost feels like another character in his 2018 book, “Hey, Kiddo,” a graphic memoir of growing up in a family grappling with addiction.
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