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Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (1998)

par Jack Gantos

Séries: Joey Pigza (book 1)

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To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription medications wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired.
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I'm just started listening to the audiobook (narrated by Gantos himself) with my almost-eight-year-old. She's finding it a little too scary because Joey is constantly hurting himself. I've read this book a few times (in 2006 and again in 2014) and always thought it was primarily funny (hilarious even), but seeing it through my daughter's eyes, I understand how it can be very intense for a young person.

I also just read the most-liked review of this book on goodreads. It's by an adult who gave it one star and said she found it disgusting. This seems to be because this book includes a sadly realistic portrayal of how a public school student with a disability from a low-income family was treated in 1998. It was too shocking and sad for her.

So both of these reactions (my child's and this adult goodreads reviewer's) are surprising to me. Maybe I went into this book with a bias because I know Jack Gantos as a funny author and speaker. Also a lot of 90s children's literature featured exaggerated reality (like [b:Maniac Magee|139463|Maniac Magee|Jerry Spinelli|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1395884800l/139463._SX50_.jpg|3264295] and [b:Frindle|439173|Frindle|Andrew Clements|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1344395824l/439173._SX50_.jpg|1993854]). So I think I was reacting to this book like someone who grew up in the 80s and 90s.

Anyway, if I keep listening to this book with my kid I'm going to have to do a lot of explaining about Special Education and ADHD and how writers of fiction create heightened worlds for comedic and dramatic effect. I'm already used to this because she loves Beverly Cleary's books and those have a ton of historical/unbelievable things she needs context to understand. I actually don't think of this as a negative, but kind of the whole point of reading. Last year we read [b:Front Desk|36127488|Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)|Kelly Yang|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1507986199l/36127488._SX50_.jpg|51903030] which also had upsetting parts and it sparked some really great conversations about racism, economics, and unfair policing. ( )
  LibrarianDest | Jan 3, 2024 |
Joey Pigza, shows Joey journey of being diagnosed with ADHD. Reading this in a classroom can help shows what some friends might be going through.
  pryckewaert22 | Apr 22, 2023 |
This book is for intermediate to middle grade students. This book illustrates the struggle of main character Joey as he comes to terms with his disability (ADHD) and how to navigate it in his life at school and at home. This book is a great independent read for older students that brings a struggle that many kids share to light. This book could also be used for an "inclusive novel" book for a unit of that kind.
  ehayes22 | Apr 19, 2023 |
Joey is wired, and his meds don't work, so he gets sent to special ed.
  lily.parker | Apr 19, 2023 |
For advanced readers. This is a story about a child with ADHD that runs in his family. He struggles with self-regulation and often makes silly mistakes without thinking about the outcome. Joey goes on a journey and ends up in the special ed program- where he is helped and supported so that he can get better and learn how to cope with his disability. There is a lot of growth and self-discovery, and it makes a difference in Joey's life when teachers show that they care about him. ( )
  Bhadley | Apr 23, 2021 |
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"...I picked the ladder up and darted across the room, but my aim was off and I slammed into the doorjamb. That jarred me. Then I tried it again and again until finally I got the ladder opening lined up just right and stumbled through and plowed into the kitchen table and knocked the plastic rooster salt and pepper shakers to the floor."
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She knew when she asked “why” that the millions of little gears in my head just jammed all together. She knew I could never get to the why of anything. I could never get my mind to gather exactly what I wanted to say, and I could never find the trail to the bottom of what I meant. There are so many other trails that wandered off along the way, and me with them
In fact nothing was scarier than me knowing something was wrong inside me, something I couldn’t see silently eating away at me like termites, and it was going to ruin me even when I was being good. I was scary to myself.
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