Discovering Pig Magic

Name: Discovering Pig Magic
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Julie Crabtree
ISBN: 9781481545235

Author: Julie Crabtree

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 3 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 10/20/2009

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Mattie, Ariel, and Nicki are fast friends facing the pitfalls of life at thirteen. Mattie’s kitschy pig collection and agoraphobic mother might completely derail her social life. Ariel’s attempts to follow in Rachel Ray’s culinary footsteps have landed her in hot water. And Nicki is carrying a secret that threatens to cut her off from her best friends. After discovering a mysterious book of spells and performing a ritual, the girls leave their troubles far behind—or so they think.Julie Crabtree’s wonderfully funny novel captures the everyday lives of three quirky, engaging girls, and shows that some wishes may be better left unfulfilled.

About Julie Crabtree

Julie Crabtree has published writing in the San Francisco Chronicle, Highlights for Children, MotherVerse, and GreenPrints. Passionate about yoga, cooking, and gardening, she lives in Crescent City, California, with her husband and two young daughters.

About Tavia Gilbert

Tavia Gilbert is an acclaimed narrator of more than four hundred full-cast and multivoice audiobooks for virtually every publisher in the industry. Named the 2018 Voice of Choice by Booklist magazine, she is also winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She has earned numerous Earphones Awards, a Voice Arts Award, and a Listen-Up Award. Audible.com has named her a Genre-Defining Narrator: Master of Memoir. In addition to voice acting, she is an accomplished producer, singer, and theater actor. She is also a producer, singer, photographer, and a writer, as well as the cofounder of a feminist publishing company, Animal Mineral.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa

This lovely coming of age story follows the lives of 3 friends who are feeling the awkwardness of that age and wanting things to be different they follow a spell in a magic book to with the hopes of changing things. and this book follows their journey of self and change which leads them to a place t......more

Goodreads review by Elevate Difference

Be ready to be charmed by Julie Crabtree’s Discovering Pig Magic, a delightful coming of age tale centred on the lives of three seventh grade girls. The book is written through the perspective of Mattie (also Miss M or M), who abhors anything to do with pigs, but is not able to disclose this slight......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer

Reviewed by Sarah Bean the Green Bean Teen Queen for TeensReadToo.com Miss M, Ariel, and Nicki have just entered seventh grade and are learning that being thirteen is a strange feeling. Growing up is never easy, and not only are they changing, but school, family, and friends are changing, too. Ariel......more

Goodreads review by Jean

The title intrigued me and when I found out that Milkweed Editions published this book I decided to read it. It never grabbed a hold of me, however, I'm not a 13-year-old girl. Maybe it would interest that age group. This is a story about three friends who are not in the popular crowd and try to sta......more

Quotes

“Discovering Pig Magic is about secrets and power and love and fear, and about defying other people’s expectations to become the person you want to grow up to be. Both comic and serious, this promising debut appeals to lovers of magic as its engaging trio of characters learns to sort faith from fake.” Julie Schumacher, author of The Book of One Hundred Truths and Black Box

“Tavia Gilbert’s girlish tones portray the emotions of thirteen-year-olds perfectly: the fast, eager speech when talking about an enthusiasm, the hesitancy when talking to a special boy, the sad whispers when referring to a sick sibling. When Gilbert turns her vocal talents to the adults in Matilda’s life, she captures their world-weariness in a raspy growl or a sigh. Gilbert makes the most of this slight coming-of-age story.” AudioFile

“The value of friendship and honest emotions permeate this novel, as the characters discover who they are and how they can be there for their friends.” Kliatt

“Crabtree’s portrayals both of the charm and power of friendship and of the internal emotional life of a young teen are deft and complex, and her confident pacing never drags.” Kirkus Reviews

Awards

Milkweed Prize for Children’s Literature