Joey Pigza Loses Control, Jack Gantos
Joey Pigza Loses Control, Jack Gantos
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Joey Pigza Loses Control

Author: Jack Gantos

Narrator: Jack Gantos

Unabridged: 3 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/08/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Everything seems to be coming together for Joey Pigza. His new meds are making his ADD more manageable, and he finally feel in control. But will he renewed relationship with his recovering-alcoholic father make him lose it all?

"Struggling to please everyone even as he sees himself hurtling toward disaster, Joey emerges as a sympathetic hero, and his heart of gold never loses its shine."--Publisher's Weekly

About Jack Gantos

Jack Gantos has written books for people of all ages, from picture books and middle-grade fiction to novels for young adults and adults. His works include Hole in My Life, a memoir that won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert Honors, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award Finalist, and Joey Pigza Loses Control, a Newbery Honor book. Jack was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, and when he was seven, his family moved to Barbados. He attended British schools, where there was much emphasis on reading and writing, and teachers made learning a lot of fun. When the family moved to south Florida, he found his new classmates uninterested in their studies, and his teachers spent most of their time disciplining students. Jack retreated to an abandoned bookmobile (three flat tires and empty of books) parked out behind the sandy ball field, and read for most of the day. The seeds for Jack’s writing career were planted in sixth grade, when he read his sister’s diary and decided he could write better than she could. He begged his mother for a diary and began to collect anecdotes he overheard at school, mostly from standing outside the teachers’ lounge and listening to their lunchtime conversations. Later, he incorporated many of these anecdotes into stories.  While in college, he and an illustrator friend, Nicole Rubel, began working on picture books. After a series of well-deserved rejections, they published their first book, Rotten Ralph, in 1976. It was a success and the beginning of Jack’s career as a professional writer. Jack continued to write children’s books and began to teach courses in children’s book writing and children’s literature. He developed the master’s degree program in children’s book writing at Emerson College and the Vermont College M.F.A. program for children’s book writers. He now devotes his time to writing books and educational speaking. He lives with his family in Boston, Massachusetts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda on July 10, 2014

This 2001 Newbery Honor book is well deserving of the award. It is yet another excellent example of the YA genre that resonates with all age groups. Joey Pigza has ADHD. Well aware that he needs the medicinal patches to control his frenetic behavior, Joey has learned that without the patches, he is a......more

Goodreads review by Phil on April 26, 2020

Big respect for this book. It helped me get back into reading a little bit. Jack Gantos takes a realistic look at severe ADHD and family dynamics. I appreciate the absence of easy fixes and the sense of long-lasting consequences. Also a great portrayal of toxic masculinity. Great suspense. Because t......more

Goodreads review by Pandora on March 16, 2009

I find the Joey Pigza series to be difficult books to read. Joey is a likeable character but, what happens to him seems at times seems a bit too much to be real. The tone of the Joeys books is like Desperate Housewives just too far out to be real. The adults around Joey you also have to wonder about......more

Goodreads review by Liam on October 16, 2016

If you have read Joey Pigza Swallows the Key, you will love the sequel, Joey Pigza Looses Control. In the book, the main character Joey wants to get to know his father and have a relationship with him. He decides to stay with his dad Carter and his grandma for the first time. Unfortunately, things d......more

Goodreads review by Niceawsomederrick1 on May 28, 2013

I just love this book I think it is truly amazing. In the book a boy named Joey Pigza spends the summer with his dad, and during the summer many cray things happen. I just truly love this book. I love how the book has its twist and turns. In the end you just want to start over again.......more