Last Chance Joey

After being expelled, Joey is sent to the country to help an old man. Will it turn his life around or will his past follow him? Joey is sent to the country where his phone wont work, hell be far away from his buddies, and has to live with his great-aunt. His mother must be nuts if she thinks hell go. But there isnt any choice. This is the third school hes been asked to leave. For fighting. Which is stupid because he doesnt fight. Its an unfortunate case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sure, he disrupts every class he attendsa skill hes proud of. Or at least he pretends to be proud of. He has to disrupt them to keep everyone from realizing he cant read. But it turns out that Auntie Belle is not so old and not so bad, and when she asks him to help out a neighbor whos recovering from a bad accident, Joey finds a world he can understand. Young Harry has horses and dogs and a bull. And he has a garden that produces more food than Joey has seen in the city supermarket. It looks like Young Harry will become his new best friendbetter than the ones he hung out with on the streets in the city. Young Harry is eighty-five years old. He doesnt have a phone eitheror anything else from the 21st century. But even without electricity and the internet, Joey has never felt more at home. He likes the trust Harry has in him, hopes to join the local football team and he enjoys going for rides with Emily, the girl who looks after Harrys horses. But thats until the break-ins start. Robbie, who thinks Emily is his girl, points the finger of blame at Joey and the locals turn against him. And when one of his friends from the city is revealed as the culprit, he wants to recruit Joey in his break and enters. After all, he cant change who he is, can he? And the locals will never accept him as one of them. Or will they? And will Joey betray Young Harry? Last Chance Joey is a great read for every kid who struggles to find acceptance and their place in the world. Joey finds not only somewhere that he belongs, but also the courage to stand up for whats important to him and the people he cares about.