The Pigman
A Most Unusual Friendship\ When sophomores John and Lorraine played a practical joke a few months ago on a stranger named Angelo Pignati, they had no idea what they were starting. Virtually overnight, almost against their will, the two befriended the lonely old man; it wasn't long before they were more comfortable in his house than their own. But now Mr. Pignati is dead. And for John and Lorraine, the only way to find peace is to write down their friend's story — the story of the Pigman.
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A Most Unusual FriendshipWhen sophomores John and Lorraine played a practical joke a few months ago on a stranger named Angelo Pignati, they had no idea what they were starting. Virtually overnight, almost against their will, the two befriended the lonely old man; it wasn't long before they were more comfortable in his house than their own. But now Mr. Pignati is dead. And for John and Lorraine, the only way to find peace is to write down their friend's story — the story of the Pigman.Elizabeth JanewayAs serious as it is funny, as moral as it is tough, as truthful as it is exciting.
An Excerpt from The Pigman\ \ The Oath\ \ Being of sound mind and body on this 15th day of April in our sophomore \ year at Franklin High School, let it be known that Lorraine Jensen and \ John Conlan have decided to record the facts, and only the facts about \ our experiences with Mr. Angelo Pignati.\ \ Miss Reillen, the Cricket, is watching us at every moment because she \ is the librarian at Franklin High and thinks we're using her typewriter \ to copy a book report for our retarded English teacher.\ \ The truth and nothing but the truth, until this memorial epic is finished, \ So Help Us God!\ \ John Conlan\ \ Lorraine Jensen
\ Young Readers’ Review“This is a shocker of a book. Startling and truthful and vivid.”\ \ \ \ \ Young Readers' Review"This is a shocker of a book. Startling and truthful and vivid."\ \ \ Young Readers' Review“This is a shocker of a book. Startling and truthful and vivid.”\ \ \ \ \ Elizabeth JanewayAs serious as it is funny, as moral as it is tough, as truthful as it is exciting.\ \ \ \ \ School Library JournalGr 8 Up—In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the publication of Paul Zindel's award-winning novel, The Pigman (HarperCollins, 1968), Zindel's son David has produced audiobook versions of The Pigman and The Pigman's Legacy (Harper, 1980). In the first title, as a result of a phone prank, high school sophomores John and Lorraine become friends with Mr. Pignati (the Pigman), an elderly widower. The conflicted teens feel alienated from everything, but the Pigman's enthusiasm for life soon spills over onto them. John and Lorraine go roller skating with their new friend, and he suffers a heart attack and is hospitalized. The teens have a party at the Pigman's house, and his pig collection and some of his late wife's clothes are destroyed. When Mr. Pignati comes home unexpectedly, he's distraught and feels betrayed by the teens. They try to make it up to him by taking him to the zoo, where he learns that his beloved gorilla, Bobo, has died. This trauma causes the Pigman to have a fatal heart attack. In The Pigman's Legacy, John and Lorraine discover that a homeless man is living in Mr. Pignati's abandoned house. Thinking that this is a chance for them to make up for what happened to the Pigman, they try to befriend the surly old man. After to Atlantic City to cheer up the man, they discover that the true legacy of the Pigman is love. Both stories are told in chapters that alternate between John and Lorraine's point of view, narrated by Charlie McWade and Eden Riegel who do an outstanding job of bringing the characters to life. An added bonus is a fascinating interview with Paul Zindel discussing his craft. These remarkable audiobooks, which still offer important messages to today'steens, are a must-have for high school and public libraries.—Kathy Miller, Baldwin High School Baldwin City, KS\ \ \ \ \ Young Readers’ Review“This is a shocker of a book. Startling and truthful and vivid.”\ \
