Author Jack Gantos ( Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key ) shares the true story of how he became a writer the hard way by learning a valuable lesson while he was in college.

From the creator of the Joey Pigza series comes an original, outrageously funny portrait of growing up in a small town where the strangest things are about to happen.

A National Book Award finalist, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key is an accurate, compassionate and humorous appraisal of a boy with attention-deficit disorder ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).

From the Newbery Medal winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, eight more hysterical semi-autobiographical Jack Henry stories about a sixth grader's trials and tribulations

In this National Book Award finalist, Joey Pigza tries hard to be a good kid trapped in a wired body.

The second in a series of Rotten Ralph readers, this tale of the irrepressible cat with a penchant for trouble is once again read by author Jack Gantos.

The second in a series of Rotten Ralph readers, this tale of the irrepressible cat with a penchant for trouble is once again read by author Jack Gantos.

Jack's diary helps him deal with his problems which include dog-eating alligators, a terror for an older sister, a younger brother who keeps breaking parts of himself, and next-door neighbors who are really weird.