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In the follow-up to Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, Joey is on medicine to help him deal with his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, which helps him behave calmly at school. When classes let out for the summer, Joey goes to visit his long-lost father. There, his father decides that Joey doesn't...

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Main Author: Gantos, Jack
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Listening Library [2009], p2000.
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder > Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons > Juvenile fiction.
Baseball > Juvenile fiction.
Alcoholism > Juvenile fiction.
Children's audiobooks.
Newbery honor book.
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Summary:In the follow-up to Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, Joey is on medicine to help him deal with his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, which helps him behave calmly at school. When classes let out for the summer, Joey goes to visit his long-lost father. There, his father decides that Joey doesn't need the medicine.
Item Description:Title from container.
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Duration: 3:50:00.
Sequel to: Joey Pigza swallowed the key.
Physical Description:4 sound discs (3 hr., 50 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Awards:Newbery Honor Book.
Production Credits:Director, John Wager.
ISBN:9780739381038
0739381032
Author Notes:Jack Gantos was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania on July 2, 1951. He received a BFA and a MA from Emerson College. While in college, he and an illustrator friend, Nicole Rubel, began working on picture books. After a series of rejections, they published their first book, Rotten Ralph, in 1976. His other books include Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award Finalist, Joey Pigza Loses Control, a Newbery Honor book, and Dead End in Norvelt, which won the 2012 Newbery Medal. His memoir, Hole in My Life, won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert Honors. Jack's follow-up to Hole in My Life is The Trouble in Me He also teaches courses in children's book writing and children's literature. He dev.eloped 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.

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