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Book Report On The Pigman By Paul Zindl

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“The Pigman”, by Paul Zindel is good book for all middle school students should read. “The Pigman” takes place in a small town, during the last few months of the year. Lorraine Jensen, a teenage high school sophomore girl, her father isn’t around anymore and her mother is overprotective and a little over dramatic, she’s also best friends with John Conlan. John Conlan, a teenage high school sophomore boy, he has an older brother that is perfect in the eyes of his parents, he like to smoke cigarettes and drink beer on a daily bases, he doesn’t have a good connection with either of his parents especially his father. Two best friends, John Conlan and Lorraine Jensen, want to write the story of the time they spent with their now dead friend

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