One of the best-selling young-adult books of all time.
John Conlan is nicknamed The Bathroom Bomber after setting off firecrackers in the boys' bathroom 23 times without ever getting caught. John and his best friend, Lorraine, can never please their parents, and school is a chore. To pass the time, they play pranks on unsuspecting people, and it's during one of these pranks that they meet the Pigman. In spite of themselves, John and Lorraine soon get caught up in Mr. Pignati's zest for life. In fact, they become so involved that they begin to destroy the only corner of the world that has ever mattered to them. Can they stop before it's too late?
Zindel's groundbreaking, best-selling tour de force was one of the first young-adult books ever written and has been taught in classrooms for over 40 years. It includes a fascinating interview with the author, Paul Zindel.
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"An absolutely delightful and entertaning autobiography. It covers just a few adolescent years of the author's life and how those years influenced him for good. Realistic, interesting, and fun. It will take you back to middle school! " — Rachel (4 out of 5 stars)
"An absolutely delightful and entertaning autobiography. It covers just a few adolescent years of the author's life and how those years influenced him for good. Realistic, interesting, and fun. It will take you back to middle school! "
" If I was a bigger Paul Zindel fan, I might have been a little more enthused about this one. Just like his novels, this autobiographical work is full of teenage wit, sarcasm, and sensitivity. "
" Thought I would use this book as a companion for reading THE PIGMAN with my students. Not really finding material in this book that would complement the fictional story. "
" Reading it in Mrs.Shack's class. "
" An interesting memoir from the author whose books I loved as a teenager. The humour was there but not the biting teenage angst of his fiction. "
" Fast, easy read. I don't know if I would have read this for fun as a kid because I wasn't into memoirs back then, but I think it would be great to teach and I think teens would like it in that context. It's interesting how he found humor even in the challenging circumstances of his life. "
" This book was very good and interesting. I liked it a lot. "
" this was a ok book it was a read aloud. "
" we read this book in class and it was funny "
" Paul Zindel's autobiography! What a gem! Fun reading. "
" hilarious and approachable--4th grade - adults. "
Paul Zindel (1936-2003) attended Wagner College, where he majored in chemistry, but also studied playwrighting with Edward Albee. He pursued playwrighting while teaching high school chemistry for ten years, quitting teaching in order to pursue writing full time after his 1969 play, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, won the Pulitzer Prize. In addition to his writing for the stage and screen, Zindel authored more than 50 books, most for young people.
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