What Is The Moral Of The Pigman

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The Pigman by Paul Zindel is a wonderful book for young adults, this is the proof. The book has an amazing ability to keep the reader's wondering what will happen next. The book also teaches the reader a life lesson. The book uses real things that kids would actually do back in 1968.
The Pigman uses insane events to keep people wanting to read more. On Page 174, the very last sentance says, "The Pigman dies." The next chapter, starts with, "Call an ambulance," John yelling to the the attendentant at the zoo. The attendant says, "What is happening!" A book needs to be able to keep the reader's attention. While reading that, did it keep your attention?
An important charactaristic of a book is to have a moral. The biggest morals in the book The

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