Synopsis In this final entry in the trilogy of Joey Pigza books, Joey is confused when sparks (both romantic and angry) start flying between his long-seperated parents. Hoping that Joey can establish a solid relationship with someone outside of their dysfunctional family, Joey's ailing grandmother encourages him to explore a friendship with someone for the "outside" world. Will Joey's homeschooling partner, a blind girl named Olivia Lapp, prove to be the kind of friend Joey needs?
Joey tries to keep his life from degenerating into total chaos when his mother sends him to be home-schooled with a hostile blind girl, his divorced parents cannot stop fighting, and his grandmother is dying of emphysema.
The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2004-04-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 240 pages | | Height: | 7.5 in | | Width: | 5.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 5.6 oz |
Publisher's Note
Joey's dad just roared into town on a motorcycle, his mom is chasing her ex-husband away with a broomstick, and his grandma's camped out on the couch behind a plastic shower curtain. What's more, Joey's chihuahua has been dognapped, and his mom insists that he be homeschooled with a mean blind girl and her super-religious mother. Welcome to Joey's world. With his new self-assumed role as "Mr. Helpful," Joey's on a mission to make everything and everyone better. Can Joey accomplish all this or will his wild, wired behavior spin him out of control all over again?
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