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Joey Pigza Loses Control


Joey Pigza

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No. of pages 224

Published: 2014

Great for age 6-12 years

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Joey's dad is well and truly wired!After months of nagging, Joey Pigza is finally allowed to spend the summer holidays with his dad. But he soon finds out why Mom was so worried. If people think Joey has problems, they should meet his dad!Joey's dad insists he can cope without medication and that Joey can too. Joey so wants to believe his dad is right - but Joey remembers just how manic he felt before he got help. Can Joey live life his dad's way - or will the chaos take over?

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Joey Pigza .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published in 2014 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Andy Stanton lives in North London. He studied English at Oxford but they kicked him out. He has been a stand-up comedian, a film script reader, a cartoonist, and an NHS lackey. David Tazzyman lives in South London with his girlfriend, Melanie, and their son, Stanley. He likes football, cricket, biscuits, music and drawing. He dislikes celery. Jack Gantos is the author of successful the Joey Pigza and Rotten Ralph series for younger children and Desire Lines and Hole in my life for teen readers. Jack lives with his family in Massachusetts.

 

This book is in the following series:

Joey Pigza
Joey Pigza is a series about a boy with severe attention deficit disorder

"Like its predecessor, this high-voltage, honest novel mixes humour, pain, fear and courage with deceptive ease" * Publishers Weekly *

 

"Brilliant comic writing tinged with the poignancy of reality" * The Bookseller *

 

"A sad, scary, blackly funny sequel . . . A triumph" * Kirkus *

 

"Gantos creates scenes of comic genius . . . Joey is an endearing character who should run and run" * TES *