Joey Pigza Loses Control

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Across
  1. 1. Carter Pigza's role in the Police Athletic League baseball team, where he is relentless and demanding.
  2. 5. Joey's delicate Chihuahua, who he considers to be his best friend.
  3. 9. Author of the Joey Pigza book series
  4. 12. The organization for which Carter coaches the baseball team as a form of penance for his alcohol-related arrest. "Police _________ ________."
  5. 13. Joey's role on the baseball team, a position that brings him closer to his father.
  6. 14. Joey Pigza's impatient but loving mother.
  7. 15. The sport that Carter Pigza coaches and in which Joey is a natural-born pitcher.
Down
  1. 2. The medication delivery method for Joey's ADHD medication, symbolizing a temporary solution to manage his hyperactivity.
  2. 3. The type of journey that Joey, his mother, and dog embark on to visit his father, setting the stage for the events of the story.
  3. 4. The action of Joey's father discarding all of his medication: "_______ down the toilet," symbolizing a significant turning point in the story.
  4. 6. Joey's father whom Joey spends six weeks of his summer.
  5. 7. The main character of this fiction story. A young boy with Attention Deficit Disorder
  6. 8. Genre of the Joey Pigza book series
  7. 10. Carter's girlfriend whom Joey meets for the first time during his stay with his father.
  8. 11. The season for most of the events in the book, during which Joey spends six weeks with his father.
  9. 12. The condition that Joey struggles with and for which he takes medication.