Winner of Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) (Gold) 2000; Runner-up for Maine Student Book Award (Grades 4-8) 2002; Commended for Newbery Medal (Children's) 2001; Short-listed for Young Hoosier B
Joey, who is taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the father he has never known and meets a grown-up version of himself. But Carter Pigza believes Joey can be as normal a kid as he wants without medication, and Joey wants to believe him more than anything in the world.