What Would Joey Do', Paperback
Descriere
Sequel to Joey Pigza Loses Control, a Newbery Honor Book Are they flirting or fighting? This is Joey Pigza's question when the fireworks suddenly start to explode between his long-separated mom and dad, whom he's never really had a chance to see together. The more out of control his parents get, the less in control Joey feels and the more he wants to help make things better. But Joey's ailing tell-it-like-it-is grandmother wants her grandson to see it like it is with his unpredictable parents. Knowing that she is fading fast, she needs Joey to hurry up and show that he can break the Pigza family mold by making a friend in the outside world. The only potential candidate, however, is Olivia Lapp -- Joey's blind homeschooling partner, who brags that she is ""blind as a brat"" and acts meaner to Joey the more desperate he gets for her friendship -- even if Joey senses there's more to her than meets the eye. In this dazzling episode, Jack Gantos's acclaimed hyperactive hero discovers that settling down isn't good for anything if he can't find a way to stop the people he cares about from winding him up all over again. What Would Joey Do? is a 2003 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Despre autor
Jack Gantos este un autor american de cărți pentru copii. Este cel mai bine cunoscut pentru personajele fictive Rotten Ralph și Joey Pigza. Rotten Ralph este un pisic care apare în douăzeci de cărți ilustrate scrise de Gantos și ilustrate de Nicole Rubel între 1976 și 2014. Joey Pigza este un băiat cu tulburare de deficit de atenție cu hiperactivitate (ADHD), prezent în cinci romane publicate între 1998 și 2014.
