TY - SER
KW - baseball
KW - alcoholism
KW - single parents
KW - ADHD
KW - amusement parks
KW - elementary schools
AU - Jack Gantos
AB - Joey Pigza, who suffers from ADHD and is raised by his grandmother in Lancaster County, spends the summer in Pittsburgh with his alcoholic father that he’s never known.  Joey tries to help the baseball team that his dad coaches win the championship.
BT - Joey Pigza series, 2/5
C1 - 2000s
C3 - Allegheny Mountains; Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Oakland; Downtown; Bloomfield; Ritter’s Diner; Westmoreland County; Ligonier Twp.; Story Book Forest
C4 - Children’s; Comedy; Sports
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - Joey Pigza, who suffers from ADHD and is raised by his grandmother in Lancaster County, spends the summer in Pittsburgh with his alcoholic father that he’s never known.  Joey tries to help the baseball team that his dad coaches win the championship.
PB - Farrar, Straus & Giroux
PP - New York
PY - 2000
RN - Jack Gantos (1951— ), born and raised in Norvelt, Westmoreland County, earned his BFA and MA at Emerson College. The author of many children's books, he is best known for his fictional character Rotten Ralph and Joey Pigza. Gantos lives in Boston.
EP - 196 p.
T2 - Joey Pigza series, 2/5
TI - Joey Pigza Loses Control
ER -