An XBox loving boy hits on a cunning plan to send a pig to school in his place. Soon the pig is Star Pupil and Freddy is growing ever more pig-like at home. A laugh-out-loud exploration of why what we wish for isn't always good for us, in a brilliantly accessible format specially designed for severely struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+. This title is hi-lo with a reading age of 6 and an interest age of 8-12.

 

This book features in the following series: Acorns Series, Growing Readers .

. This book is part of a HiLo reading scheme, combining high interest relative to the required reading skill.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Barrington Stoke Ltd .

Mark Chambers is an illustrator and author of children's books. He has been shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, and is the winner of the Sheffield Children's Picture Book Prize. Charlie Higson is the author of the bestselling Young Bond series, as well as a well-known writer of screenplays and adult thriller novels. He's also a performer and co-creator of The Fast Show.