What Would Joey Do?

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name = What Would Joey Do?
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author = Jack Gantos
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Novel
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release_date = 2003
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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preceded_by = Joey Pigza Loses Control
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"What Would Joey Do?" is a 2003 novel by Jack Gantos.

Plot summary

The story is about a child named Joey Pigza who has ADHD. The story starts out with his father, Carter Pigza, who also has ADHD, riding his motorcycle around the neighborhood. Joey's mother comes out to scream at him, resulting in him crashing his motorcycle into a tree, where a branch stabs him. Throughout the story, Joey's mom has him homeschooled by Mrs. Lapp, along with a cruel blind girl named Olivia Lapp, whom his grandma wants Joey to make friends with. His father kept on bugging their family so they put a restraining order to keep him away. His dog Pablo gets stolen by his father (to have Joey pseudo-search for him without his mother knowing). As Carter is unsure exactly which chiuahua is Joey's, he takes all in town. Joey ends up returning the dogs to their rightful owners. One owner, however, had another dog in their depression of their previous one, and the two dogs do not cope. Joey takes the extra dog and renames her Pablita. His grandmother dies, and Joey's mom's boyfriend breaks up with her. Seeing that Joey's family is at unease, Mrs. Lapp no longer homeschools Joey, but Olivia befriends him.