Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos

Joey Pigza is excited. He is going to visit the father he hardly remembers. When he meets him, he is amazed. His dad is as hyperactive as he used to be before he started taking his medicine! Joey's Dad Carter is coaching a Police Athletic League baseball team, and he wants Joey to pitch for the team. Things go well until in a sudden turn of heart, Carter decides that Joey no longer needs to take his medicine. Slowly things begin to careen out of control. Funny, sad, and filled with action, the book really helped me understand what its like to be "out of control." The audiobook is narrated by the author. (Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos. Listening Library, 2000)