Joey Pigza: Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key : (National Book Award Finalist) (Series #1) (Hardcover)

from slcooley

I have never worked with students who had ADHD, so this book was very insightful for me. It tells the story of a boy who has ADHD and how he goes through school. Since the story is told through Joey's eyes, this book allows readers to understand what children with ADHD are thinking and how they m...

from edtech5

Gantos, J., (1998). Joey pigza swallowed the key. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. "Joey Pigza," is a realistic fiction book about a boy with ADHD. It is written in a way that is believable, and it gives much insight into the mind of a child with ADHD. The reader can gain a greater understand...

from avcr

Shades of my childhood, Joey is emotionally abused by his Grandmother, and appears to have what is now labeled as ADD. He himself is an emotional prisoner and the reader is dragged kicking and screaming through this mess of his life. As I have learned with my Mother, his meds are not helpful, the...

from Alina100

Joey Pigza is young boy who always gets into trouble because he has ADD. He puts a key on a piece of string and swallows it, and then pulls the string and retrieves the key. Except for the time when the key is not on its string, but he forgets and swallows it anyway. He also puts his finger in a ...

from debnance

Everything is wrong in Joey Pigza's life and it seems like there is nothing Joey can do to fix things. His grandmother, left to raise him after his parents disappeared, treats him cruelly. Joey can't seem to sit still or stop getting in trouble. Then Joey's mom returns and he desperately wants to...