Newbery Winner:Joey Pigza Loses Control

By Jack Gantos

 

Looking for a different kind of book for your students to read? Jack Gantos is a humorous author who deals with serious subjects. Read a little about the author or check out lessons that have been created to go along with Joey Pigza Loses Control.

Gantos, Jack. Joey Pigza Loses Control. New York:Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000.

In this sequel, Joey Pigza finally has the opportunity to meet his dad and stay with him for the summer, along with his sick grandmother. Joey is hoping to prove to himself he can stay under control when his dad flushes his medication down the toilet, but realizes along the way if he wants to make his dad happy with baseball and his behavior things are going to have to change for himself and his dad.

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