Discovering Pig Magic

Discovering Pig Magic
by Julie Crabtree

DISCOVERING PIG MAGIC by

Category: Contemporary

Age Recommendation: Grades 6+

Release Date: 11/1/08

Publisher: Milkweed Editions

Reviewed by:

Rating: 4 Stars

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 aspires to be the next cooking superstar, Mattie is dealing with divorced parents and a mom who won’t leave

the

house (plus her strange collection of pigs), and Nicki has secrets about her family she hasn’t yet shared.

After finding an old magic book, the girls decide that this is their year, and set out to perform a magic ritual in the

hopes that

things will start anew and being a teenager will begin on an exciting path.

But dabbling in magic and making wishes doesn’t always turn out the way you hope, and things start to take a turn

for the

worse. The girls find themselves in sticky situations and their friendship tested. Can they undo the magic?

This may sound like a paranormal fantasy, but it’s really a sweet, charming, coming-of-age story with the magic

taking a

backseat. Julie Crabtree has captured the middle school transition and tween voice perfectly. I would

recommend this one

for young teen girls who enjoy friendship stories. This would also make a great tween book

club choice.