 the
publisher says...
"Piggies is a chilling, thought-provoking
and intriguing tale with twists that will make you squirm
and an originality and imagination that will keep the pages
turning.
Nick Gifford is an exciting new British
author on the Puffin list who writes with great imagination
and power. He has published short stories for adults and children
and this is his first children's novel."
...but they would say nice things
like that, wouldn't they?
reviewers say...
"Guaranteed to scare your socks off"
- Anne Johnstone in the Glasgow Herald
"A chilling, thought-provoking and intriguing
tale with twists that will make you squirm and an originality
and imagination that will keep the pages turning" - Red House
Books
"The last sentence of Piggies
is perfect. It makes you shudder when you first read it. Then
you do a double take as you realise the full horrific implications"
- 5* review at the Atu
XVIII Book Review Site
"An exceptional new talent in children's
literature ... a bold, shocking and completely unputdownable
horror story ... a hair-raising and thought-provoking story,
with satisfying twists, in highly readable, fluent prose.
Most enjoyable" - Waterstone's Books Quarterly
"A final twist that will chill your
succulent red blood! A contemporary horror tale to sink your
teeth into" - Funday Times
"One of the most original horror tales
of recent times ... you'll have to go back quite a way to
find a debut novel that is quite as striking as Piggies"
- Rhyl and Prestatyn Journal
"A powerful and chilling debut novel"
- Lancashire Evening Post
"A chilling read about vampires ...
sure to make you squeal!" - Sugar
"...the same kind of grotesque, and
yet convincing reality that you get in nightmares... This
is good stuff, and you’re not likely to forget it once you’ve
read it ... a dynamic and rather well written Young-Adult
novel" - Alien
Online
"Great horror novel ... Very scary"
- Emanuel School
"I loved this novel ... I would recommend
it to anyone who likes scary books" - Teen Titles
"A superb achievement" - Interzone
"...a vampire story with some hectic twists
... This author really managed to freak me out. You'll see
what I mean ... So enjoy - but you may want to sleep with
the light on!" - Sunday Times, South Africa
"This book is not filled with scream-filled
horror but it will leave you feeling unsettled and uncomfortable
for a long time afterwards. If you like to question the world
around you, then read this book." - Catalyst
"An ingenious variant on vampire stories
... this chilling story reads with all the power and demented
logic of a thoroughly bad dream" - The Independent
"A thrilling novel that is sure to
set your teeth on edge" - Teenagers' Book of the Month
for February at Ottakar's.
WH Smith chose Piggies as their Read
of the Week in late January and the book instantly hit the
top 3 in their children's bestsellers list.
the author says...
"I started writing for younger readers
by chance. After years of writing for an adult audience a
friend persuaded me to aim for a different age group -- I
had a go and found that I loved it! It took me right back
to the thrills of reading as a kid: the sense of discovery,
the sheer wonder of stepping into another world through the
pages of a book.
I've never had so much fun writing. Piggies
probably shows what a dark sense of fun I have..."
the movie
...will be made by Little Bird. More
about the movie.
ordering
Piggies was published in early January
2003 and is available from all good bookshops ... and maybe
some supermarkets...
Piggies can be ordered from Amazon.
It's also available at BOL,
WH Smith's
Internet Bookshop and other online booksellers.
read more
The first chapter of Piggies can
be read on this website: Piggies,
chapter 1.
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