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The Pigman By Paul Zindel
“The Pigman” by Paul Zindel is a story about two kids whose prank call went wrong and you should read!
“The Pigman takes place in a town, mainly at Mr. Pignati’s not so tidy house and sometimes at the zoo.”
Lorraine, a caring girl who looks after people and lives with her mom. John, a kind person but he smokes and drinks a lot. Mr Pignati, a very nice and caring person but he is sad often because of his dead wife.
Lorraine calls a random number with John because there friends have a prank call competition on who lasts the longest. Lorraine calls Mr. Pignati for a “donation” to their “charity”. John and Lorraine go to Mr Pignati’s house to collect the donation and they start to become friends with him. As time goes by they get to know Mr. Pignati
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