I am not Joey Pigza /
Jack Gantos.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
- 215 p. ; 22 cm.
School Library Journal starred, September 2007 Booklist starred, August 2007 Horn Book Starred, April 2008 Pub Weekly, July 2007 Kirkus Starred, July 2007 Horn Book, September 2007 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2007 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2007 Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, February 2008
Joey's father returns, calling himself Charles Heinz and apologizing for his past bad behavior, and he swears that once Joey and his mother change their names and help him fix up the old diner he has bought, their lives will change for the better.