When rival groups Pig City and Monkey Town go to war, things get hilariously out of hand. When sixth grader Laura Sibbie finds a quirky cap at a junk sale, with the words Pig City written across it, she decides to start up her own club. To join Pig City, a totally secret club, you must offer insurance. What this usually entails is doing something you would never want anyone to find out about. One of the girls in the group, Allison, gives a nude bathtub photo of herself at age three. Another girl, Kristin, must supply a pair of underpants. If any of the girls should tell anyone about Pig City, then the insurance is paid out and made public, with humiliation sure to follow. When Gabriel, a boy Laura both loves and hates, finds out about Pig City, he wants to join. Due to a series of misunderstandings, Laura refuses his membership application and Gabriel creates his own rival club, Monkey Town. Soon enough the two groups are at war. Can the two groups patch up their differences, and will Laura and Garbriel ever kiss, despite the fact that she “mustardised him”? Originally published in 1987 as Sixth Grade Secrets, this Bloomsbury edition renames Louis Sachar's brilliant comedy with the more funky, Pig City. You won't be disappointed. Sachar's punchy prose is perfectly timed and his cast of characters enormously enjoyable. Laura is a treat as the sassy leader who's always finding herself in a pickle. Not one for taking a step back, she makes her fair share of mistakes, but plows ahead nonetheless, coming out wiser for all her schoolyard battles. A story with a superb sense of fun that hasn't dated one bit since it was first published over thirty years ago. Don't miss it! Ages 9+ Pig City, by Louis Sachar. Published by Bloomsbury. $14.99 Review by Chris Saliba Comments are closed.
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