Joey Pigza loses control

Description

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.

Description

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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Genres

• Juvenile fiction

Other Editions

• Joey Pigza loses controlFarrar, Straus and Giroux2000-01-01
• Joey Pigza loses controlHardcoverFarrar, Straus and Giroux2000-01-01
• Joey Pigza Loses Control (Joey Pigza Books)Audio CassetteListening Library2000-09-01
• Joey Pigza Loses Control (Joey Pigza Books)Audio CassetteListening Library2000-09-12
• Joey Pigza loses controlCorgi Yearling2001-01-01
• Joey Pigza loses controlThorndike Press2001-01-01