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Gantos, Jack.

Joey Pigza loses control / Jack Gantos. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. - 195 p ; 22 cm.

Sequel to: Joey Pigza swallowed the key.

Wilson's Junior High School, August 2001. School Library Journal starred, September 2000. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2001. Booklist starred, September 2000. Horn Book Starred, September 2000. Pub Weekly, August 2000. Kirkus Starred, June 2000. New York Times, November 2000. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2000. Wilson's Junior High School. Newbery Medal/Honor. School Library Journal starred.

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.

4.9 Follett Library Resources. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.

Newbery Medal/Honor, 2001.

ISBN: 0374399891 (hardcover) 9780374399894

LCCN: 00020098

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Alcoholism--Fiction.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder--Fiction.
Father-son relationship--Fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Alcoholism--Fiction.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Alcoholism--Fiction.
Newbery honor book.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.G15334 / Jl 2000

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]