Jack Gantos

David Tazzyman

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From Norvelt to Nowhere

The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza

Joey Pigza Swallowed The Key

Joey Pigza Loses Control

I Am Not Joey Pigza

Desire Lines

Book Three

The Donut Diaries: Escape from Camp Fatso

Dead End in Norvelt

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The Donut Diaries: Revenge is Sweet

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What Would Joey Pigza Do?

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Joey finally comes to terms with himself in this funny, touching and totally endearing story

A funny, tender and soul-searching presentation of the relationship between Joey and his dying grandmother. This third Joey story is upbeat, warm-hearted and delightful

Joey . . . is an impossible, contradictory, glorious creation

'Joey Pigza, you need a life!' 
 
Grandma wants Joey to find a friend, stop running around after his NUTTY parents, and start looking after himself. But Joey's got other plans - he's going to be MR HELPFUL. 
 
Can Joey the secret superhero suceed in his mission to keey everybody SMILING?

The third book in the hilarious Joey Pigza series, with new illustrations from the brilliant David Tazzyman.

Jack Gantos (Author) Jack Gantos was born in Norvelt, Pennsylvania, and has spent time living in Barbados and South Florida. He has written books for readers of all ages, including the acclaimed Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key and its sequels, the teenage novel Desire Lines, and the youthful memoire Hole in My Life. 
 
His is also the writer of Dead End in Norvelt and From Norvelt to Nowhere, a pair of semi-autobiographical novels about the importance of history and reading, the first of which won the prestigious Newbery Medal in 2012. He lives with his wife and daughter in Boston, Massachusetts. David Tazzyman (Illustrator) Dermot Milligan is eleven, obese and has just started at Big School. He's a big fan of The Lord of the Rings, and he hates his evil sisters, Ruby and Ella (Rubella). His all-time favourite donut is the classic ring, but he's also very keen on jam.

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