Discovering Pig Magic
by Julie Crabtree
Discovering Pig Magic follows the exploits of Mattie (or Miss M, or just M) and her friends Ariel and Nicki as they attempt to overcome the problems that plague their thirteen-year-old lives. After discovering a book of spells, the three girls perform a ritual that will grant each the object of her desire. But as the magic takes effect, their achievements are accompanied by unanticipated consequences and the girls must figure out how to break the spell before something very bad happens.
This heartwarming, funny novel captures the everyday worlds of Mattie, Ariel, and Nicki, giving the reader insight into the ambitions and fears of these adolescent characters.
Author's Bio:Julie Crabtree has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Highlights for Children, MotherVerse, and Green Prints. She received her BA from the University of California at Davis in English in 1992 and her paralegal certificate in 1994. She worked as a legal administrator until 1999, when she became a freelance writer. Passionate about cooking and gardening, Julie lives with her husband and two young daughters in Crescent City, California. Discovering Pig Magic is her first novel.
Awards:Winner of the Milkweed Prize for Children’s Literature
Quotes:We dig the hole with our fingers. Grains of sand scrape our cuticles. Seagulls cry anxiously, spying on our secret work from above. When dirty bay water begins to ooze up from the bottom of the hole we stop digging. Nicki grabs the lined sheet of notebook paper and places in on her knee. Ariel and I remain silent. We have already decided Nicki’s throaty voice will lend the reading power. We hold hands. Our dirt-streaked arms make a triangle frame around the scooped out earth. We twine and tangle our fingers together tightly, the sticks of our fingers pressing against each other.
–from Discovering Pig Magic
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Price:
$ 16.85
Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 2008
Size: 5.25 x 8
ISBN: 9781571316837
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