MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 03508cam 2200541Ia 4500
001 ocn692290959
003 OCoLC
005 20160203191348.0
008 101212s2011 nyu c 000 1 eng d
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035 $a(OCoLC)692290959
050 14 $aPZ7.G15334$bIai 2011
082 04 $a[Fic]$223
100 1 $aGantos, Jack.
245 10 $aI am not Joey Pigza /$cJack Gantos.
250 $a1st Square Fish ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSquare Fish,$c2011.
300 $a215 p. ;$c19 cm.
520 $aIrrepressible Joey must draw upon all of his emotional reserves to face his latest challenge. His good-for-nothing dad shows up, having won the lottery and acquired a new identity. Carter Pigza is now Charles Heinz; he's won back Joey's mother, Fran (renamed Maria); and Joey is expected to forgive him his past sins and reinvent himself as Freddy Heinz. Dad has big plans for the family. He's bought a run-down diner and will use his son to drum up business by standing by the roadside in a bee costume. Mom is on a spending spree and pressures Joey to forgive his father and do as he says. But Joey senses how wrong this is, and his struggle is palpable. By the time he concedes, his father has given up on the diner idea and has spent all of his money on losing lottery tickets. As usual, when the chips are down, Carter takes off, just as Fran is about to have a baby. Gantos tells the tale with unfailing humor, delicious wordplay, and many hilarious scenes, but this is the darkest Joey book to date. Carter's unreliability is a given, but Fran Pigza's willingness to buy into the surreal scene is unsettling and underscores the fact that Joey is really on his own. Nevertheless, readers will cheer as his indomitable spirit prevails; he neither rescinds nor regrets his forgiveness, and he is thrilled to have a baby brother. The appearance of Junior Pigza promises a new purpose in Joey's life, the possibility of a future ally in his crazy world, and, perhaps, adventures to come.
650 0 $aAttention-deficit hyperactivity disorder$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0 $aDiners (Restaurants)$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0 $aFathers$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0 $aLotteries$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0 $aIdentity (Philosophical concept)$vJuvenile fiction.
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650 1 $aIdentity$vFiction.
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938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nBK0009460648
938 $aBrodart$bBROD$n12884812$c$6.99
994 $aZ0$bPMR
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 55 OTHER HOLDINGS