Joey Pigza loses Control is a comical book that my 3rd and 4th graders love!!!! Joey Pigza's life seems like a disaster....his parents are divorced, his dad lives with his grandma who smokes and only can breathe with an oxygen tank. And worst of all.....he has to take medicine each day because he's been diagonosed with ADHD which means he's extremely HYPER without his meds. Its summer and Joey must go stay with his dad and grandma. While on his stay, Joey realizes what his mom means when she tells him shes just like his dad....his dad doesn't stop talking and he to is WIRED!
Joey's goal is to please his father. His father believes that Joey is an orninary boy who doesn't need his meds. While Joey knows he must have them....he stops taking them and ends running away trying to get back home to his mother. The obstacles he goes through are hilarious. This book also allows you to see what a child with ADD goes through.
This book is so fun to read and kids beg to hear more....I love reading it to them!!!
That sounds like a great book! My sister's classroom would enjoy listening to that story.
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