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    Pig Park

    By Claudia Guadalupe Martinez

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    It's crazy! Fifteen-year-old Masi Burciaga's neighborhood is becoming more and more of a ghost town since the lard company moved away. Her school closed down. Her family's bakery and the other surviving businesses may soon follow. As a last resort, the neighborhood grown-ups enlist all the remaining able-bodied boys and girls to haul bricks to help build a giant pyramid in the park in hopes of luring visitors. Maybe their neighbors will come back too. But something's not right about the entrepreneur behind it all. Then there's the new boy who came to help, the one with the softest of lips.

    Claudia Guadalupe Martinez, author of the award-winning The Smell of Old Lady Perfume, has long been distressed about how the global economy is displacing workers and families. Claudia grew up in a tight family in Segundo Barrio in El Paso, Texas. She learned that letters form words from reading the Spanish subtitles of old westerns for her father. At age six, she already knew she wanted to create stories. Her father, who passed away when she was eleven, encouraged her to dream big and write many books. Claudia, her husband, and their daughter Penny live in Chicago, Illinois.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCinco Puntos Press
    Release dateSep 22, 2014
    ISBN9781935955788
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    Pig Park
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    Claudia Guadalupe Martinez

    Claudia Guadalupe Martinez grew up in sunny El Paso, Texas where she learned that letters form words from reading the subtitles of old westerns with her father. She now lives and writes in Chicago. Her day to day includes raising 3 kids and 3 chickens. Her other books include: Pig Park (Cinco Puntos, 2014), and Not a Bean (Charlesbridge, 2018).

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    • 4/5
      An engaging, uplifiting story about a community working together to revitalize their urban neighborhood. This novel is notable for its well-deined characters, particularly the fifteen-year-old protagonist, who are appealing and relatable.
    • 3/5
      This novel is realistic fiction.Pig Park is a community in Chicago that has been left behind. The American Lard Company has moved to another country, and Pig Park is literally in the shadow of the abandoned buildings. The family owned businesses are slowly going out of business and the families are moving away. Masi’s family owns a bakery and her father is optimistic. Her mother, on the other hand, is physically tired and mentally tired of being realistic about the bakery surviving.In summer, one of the wealthy business owners, has an idea. There’s a famous man who has revitalized old neighborhoods. He proposes they build a huge pyramid in pig park to draw crowds in. The neighborhood kids will be lead by Colonel Franco, a retired veteran, to build this pyramid. They will be out in the heat of the day building in order for the crowds to come. Two helpers arrive, Felix and Belinda, who are college students who have worked on revitalizations before. As the summer progresses, Masi enjoys spending time with Felix even though she’s got a crush on Marcus, her best friend’s brother. Felix enjoys learning about baking from Masi’s dad and thinks Masi is kind of cute. A friendship ensues between all of them.It all sounds great, but there are secrets the neighborhood people aren’t told. Masi’s mom can’t take it anymore and takes a vacation to stay with her parents in Texas. While she’s gone, Masi overhears some conversations that make her worry about everyone’s motivations. Will Pig Park really become a lively neighborhood again or are they being used only to be discarded when the pyramid is complete?This is a fine novel. I think it’s well-written and has a nice message about ethics.