What Would Joey Do?
by Jack Gantos
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Now that Joey's divorced mom has a new boyfriend, his dad has returned to town to buzz their house on his roaring motorcycle. The fact that his own sick, elderly mother is living with his son and former wife doesn't deter him at all. When Joey's mom sends him to be homeschooled with a bratty blind girl with a religious mother whose motto is "What Would Jesus Do?" Joey adopts this motto - with his own modifications. While the premises of Joey's story - no allies except a small dog and a sick old lady - are harsh, the book is hilarious. 240 pages