I Am Not Joey Pigza Audiobook

" All of the Joey Pigza blew my hair back - I'm rating this one because it's the last one I read. Don't ever tell me that Joey isn't real because I'll be heartbroken. "

" Joey continues to amaze me. "

" Wow. Talk about disfunctional families. I got so angry reading this book! I wish I hadn't bothered with it. Joey's dad shows up again swearing he is a new man, and even after the outrageous fiasco of the last book, Joey's mom takes him back, and they just know that they will all live 'hapilly ever after' because Joey's dad won the lottery, and is now a whole new person. He even changes his name, and demands that they others do too. Joey's mom is all for it, but Joey really struggles with it. He knows who he is, and has just now become happy and comfortable in his own skin, and now they are taking that away from him. He isn't sure if he can forgive his dad for all the awful things he has done to him and his mom, but his mom DEMANDS that he get over himself and just do it. Joey's dad buys a diner and moves them out to it, making it so that Joey has to go to a new school, even though he finally fits in at the school, and the teachers and administration have finally learned how best to work with him. Then, when they try to enroll him in school, they run into a few tiny glitches, and rather than explain that he is Joey Pigza, now going by Freddie Heinz, they make Joey/Freddie sound crazy and just decide that he doesn't really need to go to school at all, and that it will just be better for him to hang out and help around the house and the diner that never actually gets started because Joey's dad doesn't want to have to deal with any kind of work. I could go on and on and on about the horribly awful things that these 'parents' force on their poor son. Just as in the last book, I do really like Joey's character. He just tries so hard to understand his world, and fit in, and be good. He is a genuinely good kid who wants to do right by people and by himself. He's a great character, it's his parents that I can't stand. They are so focused on themselves that they forget being a parent means you are no longer allowed to put yourself first. Your children's well-being always comes before your own. Ugh. They make me so mad!! "

" How to start over? Denial is not the way. "

" I kind of wish that Jack Gantos had stopped with the third book. In that one, Joey had really discovered that he was his own person and that he didn't need to let his parents define him. In this one, his parents challenge that and he has to learn that lesson all over again. It just seemed a little redundant to me. "

" This was a funny book about Joey Pigza and his weird father, money, dreams and identity. It is an easy read, with some funny scenes and a nice message. "

" strange story. very wierd family. ok but not great "

" I think the Joey magic wore off and Mr. Gantos tried to get one more book from this character. While it is still humorous at times, I just kept thinking "Come on". "

" I loved the Joey Pigza series, because I could definitely relate to the main character. When I read the first book, (around 3rd grade) I realized that their were other kids with A.D.D./A.D.H.D. "

" This book was really good. It was hard to follow at times. "

" I just don't believe it. I think his mom was completely out of character and just wouldn't have made the choices she made in this book. I was with Joey and especially with his mom through the other books, but this one lost me. "

" The father came back and got married again to Joeys mother. He won the lotto and wanted to start a new life. At the end he bailed out his family again and left. The book had a lots of up and downs. "

" Really strange, but strangely endearing. "

" I thought that this book was a great book to read before i read it and my friend recommended this book to me and after i read it i got 8 AR points which made me closer to my goal. This book will be a great book to read. I aprove this message. "

" I didn't enjoy this quite as much as "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key," as the irresponsible parenting is almost painful to read. Joey is as lovable as ever, though more self-aware and mature. "

" I can't believe the mother is marrying the dad again! He isn't even on his meds! They never learn. I think Joey had more sense than the mother in this book. She's now my least favorite character. "

" I learned to give people a second chance. "

" Talk about a "took forever to finish." That's what happens when you slack off, kiddies. Make summer COUNT. "

" This book was pretty good, but a little weird. It is about a very odd young boy with a crazy family, who goes through many interesting incidents. "

" I am listening to this book on tape, the author is reading it. "

" this book so far is very funny joey is staill getting himself into mischeif, iguess some things never change. "

" I needed an audiobook. I love Joey Pigza, and Jack Gantos; just not sure if I like him as a narrator. <br/>He grew on me...but this story is much more about Joey's dysfunctional parents and their re-wedding and schemes and plans than about Joey. Nowhere near as good as the first two in the series. "