Super Short Summary

In Jack Gantos’s Joey Pigza Loses Control, Joey Pigza spends six weeks with his estranged, alcoholic father, Carter, who coaches a baseball team and insists that Joey stop taking his ADHD medication. As Joey’s symptoms return and his hyperactivity and anxiety increase, he struggles to cope alone while trying to earn his father's approval and learning critical life lessons about control and self-reliance. The book discusses issues surrounding addiction.