By: Jack Gantos

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Joey Pigza Loses Control

• By Jack Gantos
• Power Point Presentation by Eric

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Type of book

• Realistic Fiction
• Adventure

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Opinion

• Like
• The beginning of the book
• Dislike
• The middle of the book
• The end of the book

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Characters

• Joey- main character - age 12
• Pablo- Joeys dog
• Grandma- Joeys grandma
• Cater- Joeys dad
• Mom- Joeys mom

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Setting

• Joeys moms house
• Joeys dads house
• Baseball field

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Summary

• Joeys mom is taking him to his dads house for
  a month. Joey is asking all of these questions
  about what his dad is going to do with him while
  he's there, and why he has to go to his dads
  house.
• Joey arrives at his dads house. He finds out
  that his grandma is living at his house too.
  Joey doesnt like her that much because she has a
  bad smoking problem. His dad signs him up for
  baseball because he is the coach of the baseball
  team.

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Summary continued

• They are wining all of their games and the
  championships are coming up.
• His dad has a bad drinking problem and he
  drinks and drives. Joey doesnt like that he
  does this. Joeys dad brings Joey to a special
  place and there are bumper cars there. Joeys
  dad turns them on and they drive around smashing
  into each other. Joeys baseball team made it to
  the championships but you have to read this book
  to find out if he wins the championships.