Published by Corgi, part of Random House Children's Publishers UK
Format: Paperback
£5.99
Author:
Jack Gantos
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780440869368
£5.99
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EAN: 9780440869368
Published: 5 Aug 2010
Everything changes for Joey when his crazy, long-lost dad returns home after a lucky lottery win. Now they're rich, Carter Pigza truly believes that his family can start a whole new life and that means embarking on a brand new career running a busy diner - and changing their family name from Pigza to Heinz. Can Joey handle becoming Freddy? And how does he really feel about the fact that he's going to become a big brother?
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Meet Joey Pigza . . . A great kid who is funny and thoughtful and, yes, wired
- The New York Times
Written with energetic, breathless, non-stop gusto
- Financial Times
Funny, tender and soul-searching . . . Upbeat, warm-hearted and delightful
- The Bookseller
The latest heartwarming story about this likeable character has you once again so fully immersed in his thoughts and actions there are moments when you want to shout out to him to stop him making a mistake
- Primary Times
Jack Gantos is a popular American author, creator of the succesful UK picture books featuring Rotten Ralph. In his fiction for older children he has a knack of expressing complex emotions in accessible and entertaining prose. He lives in with his family in Boston.
