Reader reviewed by cole

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Book title and author: The Pigman  by Paul Zindel

Title of review: Why you should read the Pigman

Number of stars (1 to 5):

The Pigman is a pretty good book to read. It never gets dull and stupid. Its real interesting it makes u just want to keep reading the book.
 

 John,lorraine, and the Pigman are the main characters. John is pretty popular in school and lorraine isnt. The Pigman is a lonely old man whos best friend is an baboon. Johns nickname is bathroom bomber because he sets off bombs in the schools bathrooms. John and Lorraine met the pigman by phone pranks. They went to the zoo with him the next day and came very good friends with him.

The Pigman bought John and Lorraine both roller skates too.The pigman bought Lorraine stockings for her but she gave them to her mother so she wouldnt get in trouble by her. The Pigman had a stroke while playing with John and Lorraine and had to go to the hospital.   
 

While he was in the hospital John and Lorraine went through the pigmans and hes dead wifes stuff. The next day they decided to have a party in his house while he was at the hospital. They only meant to invite a couple of people but a lot of people showed up. Norton one of them who they didnt invite because they didnt like him showed up.
  
Norton started to snoop through the house and john was keeping his eye on him started to follow him through the house. When John finally found him Norton as breaking things and stealing things and tried to run out of the house. John chased him down and started hitting him right in front off the front door and the pigman walked in. If you want to know more you have to read the book

Reader reviewed by Megan WV

Book Review Outline

Book title and author:  The Pigman By Paul Zindel

Title of review: The Pigman

Number of stars (1 to 5): 4

In the book The Pigman there is a boy named John, a girl named Lorraine, and  Mr.Pignati but they call him the pigman.

One day the kids were playing a prank witch they do a lot. So Lorraine wanted to look at the phone book for this one time, and she picks out Mr.Pigman, because he lives like 2 blocks from her home. So Lorraine calls the Pigman and tells him that her and her friend that their from an charity called L & J Fund. Thats when all of the things began to happen. Like when they first meet, they go too the zoo. Mr.Pignati loves to go to the zoo, because he has a pet monkey named Bobo there. Then Mr.Pignati is roller skating and he has a heart attach. So John calls 911 to get help and the people take him to the hospital. So the kids go to see the Pigman at the hospital. While Mr.Pignati is in the hospital John and Lorraine decides to have a party. So you will have to read the book to find out what happens to Mr.Pignati when he gets back from the hospital!

So I think this is a good book. I would tell you to read the book. When you read it you will not want to put it down. Its a very addicting book to read. I hope you have fun reading this book.

Reader reviewed by Chanel

The Pigman is a memorial epic written by two sophomores in high school. There names are John and Lorraine.

One day when John and Lorraine are making prank calls with two other boys in their grade they dial Angelo Pignatis phone number and this is how they meet him. Lorraine is the one who picks his phone number. She pretends to be a charity worker and he offers her $10. 

John and Lorraine go to collect the money the next day, but the man is lonely and he them wants to go to the zoo the following day. When they decide to go with him to the zoo they find out that his best friend is a baboon named Bobo and feel sorry for him. He loves Bobo a lot and goes to visit him every day and feeds him peanuts.

They continue to go to the zoo with him every day and they become friends. Their friendship is an unusual one and everyone looks down on them. They like to do all kinds of stuff that other people find weird, they eat weird things such as snails and chocolate covered ants. Mr. Pignati likes to spend money on them and Lorraine feels guilty about it.

I think this is good book and recommend it for most ages.

Reader reviewed by Zach

My book review is on a book named The Pigman. The author is Paul Zindel.To me this book was terrific. In the beginning John was talking about these weird bombs that he had made, and hid in the bathroom, and as he heard them, he would chuckle. He`s a smoker, and a drinker. Lorraine actually likes john, and one day they met Mr.Pignati, and they changed forever. Mr.Pignati has these pig statues all over his house, and when John and Lorraine throw a party, the statues get broken. When Mr.Pignati found out he banished them from his home. Mr.Pignati changed t here lives forever.They were very sad about how Mr.Pignati banished them. Then they found out about his secret.

Despite everything, now John And Lorraine want to do something good  with there life.

To Me this was a great book and I think you should pick it up sometime and just start reading!

Reader reviewed by Tanner/cupcake WV

The Pig man by Paul Zindel

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At the beginning of the story there is a couple kids named Lorraine and John. They have been friends a while.

They prank call random people every Wednesday. They call a guy named the pig man . He likes to talk a lot on the phone. Lorraine and John made up this pretend donation thing called L&J.

The pig man wants to donate some money to them like 10 dollars. John thought it was a bad idea at first but they went anyway. They got there and all he did was talk until they said we have to go. .

The pig man gave them there money and they asked why hes house was so dirty. He said hes wife was in California. He said she did all the cleaning .He said shes been gone a month. The pig man almost started crying.

I hope you like this book. It is interesting.

Reader reviewed by D

The Pigman is about two kids named John and Lorraine who prank calls Mr. Pignati. Then they keep on going over to his house everyday, but they have to try to hide it from their friends so their friends dont think something weird is going on.

John and Lorraine really do not know what they are getting themselves into when they prank call Mr. Pignati. They think that they are just playing a practical jock but they dont know that they are going to be friends with this total stranger. And that they are going to make this mans life better

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In this story Mr. Pignati acts just like a little kid in this story. He loves to take the kids (John and Lorraine) out shopping and every thing else. The character John has a problem in this story the problem is that he grew up around a person that drinks a lot. So now John thinks that is okay to drink and smoke. Lorraine trys to convince John that he can get lung cancer or even worse and die, but John doesnt listen to her.
I think that this is a really good book. If you read this book you will really like it. It has different emotions like mad, sad, frustrated, sorry, and joyful. The author really does know how to write a good book

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This is a very good book. And you will definitely like this book.

Reader reviewed by Sierra H.

Book title and author: The Pigman by Paul Zindlel

Title of review: The Pigman by Sierra H.

Number of stars (1 to 5): 4/5

This book was ok I thought that the book was sad at times and happy at others. The one thing I loved about this book is that you never know whats going to happen next. The main characters are Lorraine, Mr.Pignati, John, and Bobo. When John and Lorraine where in the high school Johns Nike name was the bathroom bomber, because he use to set off bombs in the bath room. Then he started to pick on the librarian Miss Reillen they call her the Cricket. Lorraine lives with her mom because her dad died four years ago.

Lorraine, John and some other friends played this game were you had to see if you can stay on the phone the longest and that how they met Mr.Pignati

Mr.Pignati lives only a block away from Lorraine so that why she picked him she told him that she worked at the L&J fund at she wanted to know if he would like to give a donate. He says he will but only ten dollars.

This books ending ended to sad. At the end this book the thing that got me is that John smokes and drinks.

This book was ok I liked it some but not a lot I would

Recommend this book to some but not all&.

Reader reviewed by Brett WV

The Pigman by Paul Zindel

Number of stars (1 to 5): 4/5

This book is called the Pigman. It is about two teenage kids and an old man.

First off the book begins by introducing John and Lorraine. John is the kind of guy who can kill a guy and get away with it. Lorraine is nice but can be easily lured into things. They meet the pigman by randomly prank calling people. Unfortunately Mr. Pignati is a victim.

They get Mr. Pignati for money in a fake charity. Mr. Pignati wants them to come get it. That is when it all began.

Mr. Pignati treated them like his own kids. They went to the zoo together, and bought them anything they wanted. They also fed Mr. Pignatis best friend bobo the baboon. While they are shopping, Mr. Pignati is trying to keep up with them and that is when it all start

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Overall I thought the book pretty good and I would recommend for anybody. I hope you enjoy it like I did.

Reader reviewed by Mary

The Pigman by Paul Zindel is a sad book.  It is about two teenagers John and Lorraine.  They decide to make prank phone calls.  They randomly choose Mr. Pignati's phone number.  When they call Mr. Pignati, they pretend to be a charity asking for a donation.  Mr. Pignati agrees to donate money.  John and Lorraine go to his house the next day to collect the money.  While there, they agree to go to the zoo with Mr. Pignati.  They soon find they are spending a great deal of time with Mr. Pignati.  As they learn more about Mr. Pignati, they find out that he has a big secret. 

I liked this book because John reminds me of myself.  He arranges "Apple Rolls" and makes prank calls.  He is funny. 

I would reccomend this book to all teenagers.  It keeps you involved witht he plot.

Reader reviewed by daniel WV

Book title and author: THE PIGMAN Paul Zindel

Title of review: THE PIGMAN

Number of stars (1 to 5): 4

This book is about a boy and a girl named John and Lorraine are two kids who just one day was trying to have a little fun. They were just fooling around when the were doing a prank phone call and Mr.PIgnati picked up.  They kids felt a little sorry for the old man.

While they were talking to the poor old man they said they were a fund.  They we supposedly the J&L fund. They asked the old man for a donation of 10$.The kids went over to the old man house and he filled out the check but there was something unusually about the man.  He asked them to walk with him to the zoo the next day they said yes.  

Over time the kept coming over too the old man house they developed a friendship with him. They were very nice too the old man he was nice too the them.  John is a troubled boy he likes to smoke and drink. Lorraine on the other hand is very nice but Is a little crazy I think.

In the story Mr.Pignati is very nice he tells a lot of stories and important things. One day they throw party in his house and something very bad happens. In the book he tells that his wife has went to California to see her sister. This is a very important part in the book that you will have to pay attention to.