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The Pigman by Paul Zindel

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Page Count: 182 pages  Published: October 1968 My Rating: 1 star Genre: Contemporary Series: The Pigman  Book 1 Amazon link for The Pigman   It started with a prank. John and Lorraine would have never taken it this far if they knew the consequences. Or maybe they would have. When John and Lorraine end up calling Anglo Pignati, it turns into a blossoming friendship. It wasn't long before John and Lorraine started feeling more comfortable with Mr. Pignati than their own parents. Together, the three friends learn to love and lose in a series of events that ends with one's death.   This definitely isn't a series I'll be continuing. While Paul Zindel didn't wear out the polar opposites troupe too much in the book, you could definitely tell it had one of those "good girl, bad boy" things going on. Their parents were horrible and while Lorraine's mother may have good intentions, her daughter disobeys her time after time. It was clear that Lorraine...