Joey Pigza Swallowed The Key

Joey Pigza Swallowed The Key
By: Jack Gantos


(Realistic Fiction)

Joey tells a story of how he is unable to control his impulses.  These impulses lead Joey to do numerous things at home and at school that get him into some trouble.  You learn that Joey has been thinking about changing the world.  At recess he decides he wanted to make 1,000,000 bumper stickers, but his scissors were too dull.  So Joey sneaks into the teacher's desk adn gets the bigger, sharper scissors and is bringing them to his seat.  On the way he trips over his slippers and cuts the tip of a girl's nose off.  Blood is dripping everywhere and she is rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.  He is placed in a Special Ed Center downtown, where his behavior improves.