Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1249076 in Books
• Published on: 1993-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: School & Library Binding
• 168 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Zindel's ( The Pigman ; My Darling, My Hamburger ) fans will find that his autobiography has much more than a little in common with his fiction: black humor abounds, and the whipcrack narration is replete with genuine teenage sarcasm. Rather than chronicle his entire life, the author has chosen to relates the events of one a single significant year in his early adolescence. After years of moving the family from one shabby apartment to the next, Zindel's unhappy and eccentric mother seemed ready to settle into the house she and Connie--another single mother--had bought. Just how much this promise of stability meant to Zindel is revealed by the intensity of the longing that lies just below his wisecracking tone. The very best part of the arrangement was the presence of Connie's father--Nonno Frankie. In his frequent visits to the Staten Island household, Nonno Frankie cooked sumptuous Italian feasts and dished out plenty of advice and support to the young Zindel. Readers familiar with the author's novels will not be surprised to learn that in Zindel's real life--as well as in his fiction--this happy situation is too good to last long. With its brisk pace and lively goings-on, this account will appeal to the die-hard Zindel fan and the casual reader alike. Ages 12-up.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
Grade 7-12?A popular author turns teen troubles into humor as he recalls the year he, his sister, and their neurotic, wheeler-dealer mother shared a house with another single mother and her rambunctious, identical, preschool twins. Salvation comes in the form of his "pigman."
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Ingram
The award-winning author recounts the comic and sometimes painful experiences of his adolescence, describing places, events, and people, including the original pigman.

Customer Reviews

The Pigman & Me by: paul zindel
My book is called the Pigman and Me, Written by: Paul Zindel. The book is about a boy that lives with his mother and sister. They constantly move from homes. Finally, they moved to a house in Travis, Staten Island. They buy a house with Connie. Connie was a friend of Paul's mother, her husband abandoned her and she was going to all houses to see if she could sleep in one, at last she got to their house and stayed there. She had twins, their names where Nicky and Joey, they were fresh kids, five year old and loved to do crazy things. The book talks about a boy named Paul that meat Nonno Franki, his pigman. Nonno Franki was an Italian man, father of Connie that came and cooked to all. He planted potatoes and beans in the house's garden. He gave Paul helpful advice and solutions to all problems. He meats his neighbor, named Jennifer he becomes best friends with her and went to school with her. They usually sat under an apple tree located on Paul's garden. At school Paul has good and bad times, but always with excellent grades. In the end Paul's mother lives the house and moves away from Travais.He was told by his pigman that he was going to be a writer.

boring and confusing
This book was so boring. Sorry, but it was. It just wasn't like a "normal" book. It was very confusing. In the beginning it sounded nice and good but as you got further it was soooo boring. And it's not a funny book. (to me I think it isn't). I mean, it's just out of place! It's not like a real story where it goes in order and something happens and you continue on and on. It's not like that. But, I think this was boring. real boring.

ogha bugah
hi my name is not bob and im here to tell you about the pig man and me. It is about the funnyest and coolest book i have ever read.It is an autobiography about young paul zindal.
one reson i liked this book is becouas its by my favirite autherp.anuther reson is becous it is funny and one more reson is becouse the moral is rellay cool i cant tell you or else i would tell you mommy.
in conclustion this book has 100 some pages.its by paul zindal.and this is not bob this is not arin this is not lorry this is not bobby and this is not me.goodbye ogha bugha boohahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha im still not bob