Joey Pigza Loses Control

  • Joey Pigza Loses Control
    By Jack Gantos

    "He was wired.

  • Joey Pigza Loses Control
    By Jack Gantos

    Carter believes Joey can do it and Joey wants to believe him more than anything in the world. Here is the continuation of the acclaimed Joey Pigza story, affirming not only that Joey Pigza is a true original but that it runs in the family.

  • Joey Pigza Loses Control
    By Jack Gantos

    Here is the continuation of Jack Gantos' acclaimed Joey Pigza story, affirming not only that Joey Pigza is a true original but that it runs in the family. This title has Common Core connections.

  • Joey Pigza Loses Control
    By Jack Gantos

    "Joey's dad is well and truly wired!

  • Joey Pigza Loses Control
    By Jack Gantos

    Joey Pigza Loses Control

  • Joey Pigza Loses Control
    By Jack Gantos

    Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too weird, 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.

  • Joey Pigza Loses Control
    By Listening Library

    When Joey Pigza meets his dad for the first time in years, he meets a grown-up version of his old out-of-control self. Carter Pigza is as wired as Joey used to be--before his stint in special ed, and before he got his new meds.

  • Joey Pigza Loses Control
    By Jack Gantos

    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.

  • Joey Pigza Loses Control
    By Jack Gantos

    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.