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The Pig Scrolls by Gryllus the Pig

by Paul Shipton · 2001

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Welcome to a comical quest full of nonstop action and oddly familiar characters, from an oversensitive, lyre-strumming poet to the sinister, snappily dressed Epicurus; from chimeras and Stymphalian birds to the testy gods and goddesses themselves. With its abundant appropriation of Greek history and myth and its galloping humor perfectly pitched to middle-grade kids, The Pig Scrolls is sure to tickle young readers and take a place of honor on teachers and librarians shelves.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
ancient Greeceancient GreeceMore like thisLess of thisGreeceGreeceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
medium · 288 pages

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