Joey Pigza loses control

The Resource Joey Pigza loses control
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Joey Pigza loses control
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Jack Gantos
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Language
eng
Summary
  • When Joey Pigza meets his dad, Carter, for the first time in years, he meets a grownup version of his old hyperactive self -- the way he was before his stint in special ed, the way he was before he got his new meds. "He was wired. No doubt about it ... Now I knew what Mom meant when she said he was like me, only bigger." During their summer visit together, Carter is eager to make up to his son for past wrongs. He wants to teach Joey how to be a winner. He wants to show Joey how to take control of his own life. And Joey is willing to do whatever his dad says, even though -- in this high-energy sequel to the acclaimed Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key -- he fears it will do him more harm than good. "All I could imagine was the worst part of me getting on a train a long ways off. That old Joey was coming to get me and I couldn't do anything about it ... There was nothing to do but wait, and worry."--Jacket flap
  • Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship
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Awards note
Newbery Honor Book, 2001 ; American Library Association Notables, 2001 ; School Library Journal Best Books, 2000 ; and Booklist Editors' Choice/Books for Youth, 2000.
Cataloging source
DLC
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
Reading level
4.9
Series statement
Joey Pigza series
Series volume
bk. 2
Study program name
AR
Target audience
pre adolescent

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