Reader reviewed by Jeffrey

Book Review Outline

Book title and author: The Pigman by Paul Zindel

Title of review: The Pigman

Number of stars (1 to 5): 5

This Story is about two teenagers John and Lorraine who were playing games with there friends. Lorraine played the game and met this guy named Mr. Pignati. They became best friends with each other and they saw that Mr. Pignatis collected pigs so thats how he got his name the Pigman. So they all went to the zoo together and saw Bobo that was Mr. Pignatis best friend. Until one day something really bad had happened a couple of days later after John had his party.

The main plots of the story was that John and Lorraine were holding a secret from Mr. Pignati and Mr. Pignati was holding a secret from them. They talked to each other for quite a while until they told each other there secrets and Mr. Pignati had a heart attack. While Mr. Pignati was at the hospital John decided to have a party and when people started getting out of control and they broke Mr. Pignatis pig collection. Mr. Pignati returned home right after it happened he kicked everybody out of his house and the police escorted John and Lorraine to there home. The next day John and Lorraine felt sorry for what had happened and they asked Mr. Pignati if he wanted to go to the zoo and he was quite and then he said yes. When they met at the zoo the first thing that Mr. Pignati wanted to do was go see Bobo Mr. Pignatis best friend that was a monkey. When he went to see Bobo he wasnt there he started screaming Bobos name and a zoo keeper said that Bobo had died of phenomena. Right after the zoo keeper said that Mr. Pignati feel on the floor and died. John sat there and thought about the way he should live his life and how much he is going to miss Mr. Pignati and Bobo until the ambulance got there.

I liked this book of the Pigman because it reminds me of some people I know. It also tells you some true facts about life because you dont really know how important some people are until they pass away and then you think I should have treated them better. I would like for people to read this book so they could learn true facts about life and why life is so important. I thought by the cover that the book was going to be stupid but somebody made me read it and when I started reading it I liked it and I read it in three days it was only 166 pages. So treat everybody with respect and I really recommend that everybody reads this book.

It is sad that Mr. Pignati passed away. John and Lorraine say that it is all of there faults because that had happened to them and that kind of stuff sticks with somebody. I am saying just have respect for everybody because when somebody passes away that is when you see how much they do. I know that I said this later on in the story but I really do want you to read this book it is a very good book and I like it and that is very unusual for me because I dont normally read.

If I would compare this book to The Outsiders than I would recommend this book. Especially when the times get hard in this story than it is like real life. I really loved this book I know that I said this a lot but my opinion of this book is that it is awesome and I am going to read this book over and over. Thank you for letting me tell my opinion of the book and this was something fun to do. I like Tech Steps they are good to learn and they are fun to do and I was happy that I got to do it on the book pigman.