The Pigman & Me

The year Paul Zindel and his family lved in Travis, Staten Island, New York was the most important time of his whole life. It was the year he and Jennifer Wolupopski were best friends. It was the year of the apple tree, the water-head baby and Cemetery Hill. It was the year he met Nonno Frankie Vivona, the mischievous grandfather who became his pigman. If you are like Paul, you probably won't recognize your pigman when he first appears. But what you do when you meet him will be a matter of life and death, because a pigman is the only one in the world who can teach you the secret of life.