Joey Pigza Swallowed The Key
No. of pages 192
Published: 2014
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This book is part of a book series called Joey Pigza .
This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.
There are 192 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
"It is a tremendous achievement to incorporate so much understanding and explanation into a cracking good story. I found it a vivid and startling book" * The School Librarian *
"One of the funniest recent publications . . . Written with the energetic, breathless, non-stop gusto of the main character" * Financial Times *
"Its wit, verve and strong story make it a fascinating read" * TES *
"[This] could easily become required reading for anyone who works or lives with children and for any child who enjoys brilliant comic writing tinged with the poignancy of reality" * The Bookseller *
"The reader will quickly be engaged by the gritty honesty of this character who has a great deal of moral courage . . . Joey Pigza stays with you long after the last page has turned" * Carousel *
