An autobiography, covering the teenage years of Paul Zindel, Pulitzer Prize Winner, and teenage fiction writer. Through it the reader shares the painful and sometimes comic experiences of his adolescence: his move to Travis, a small Polish town on Staten Island during World War II, the turbulent relationship both he and his sister sustained with their eccentric mother, and the delapidated house shared by them and a loud and colourful Italian family. The reader also learns of the relationship with his beloved Nonno Frankie, ...
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An autobiography, covering the teenage years of Paul Zindel, Pulitzer Prize Winner, and teenage fiction writer. Through it the reader shares the painful and sometimes comic experiences of his adolescence: his move to Travis, a small Polish town on Staten Island during World War II, the turbulent relationship both he and his sister sustained with their eccentric mother, and the delapidated house shared by them and a loud and colourful Italian family. The reader also learns of the relationship with his beloved Nonno Frankie, his own Pigman. This account of the audacious emotional struggle by the young Paul Zindel to find his own identity provides an insight into the influences that eventually led him to write "The Pigman", creating the genre of teenage fiction.
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Add this copy of The Pigman and Me to cart. $13.55, good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1991 by Bodley Head Childrens Books.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Ex-library book with stamps on the first page, it is also likely to have a small shelf number sticker on the spine.
Add this copy of The Pigman and Me to cart. $13.82, very good condition, Sold by Aardvark Books Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bucknell, HEREFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1991 by Bodley Head Children's Books.
Add this copy of The Pigman and Me to cart. $14.03, very good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1991 by The Bodley Head.