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One of the bestselling youngadult books of all time. The true story of paul zindels life and experience that gave him the material for his teenage novels, which. The main characters of this young adult, fiction story are john conlan, lorraine jensen. Paul zindel was born in staten island, new york, on may 15, 1936, the son of paul and beatrice mary frank zindel. Free download or read online the pigman pdf epub book. The book the pigman is written by the author paul zindel, its about three people who form a.
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