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Saving Marty

Paul Griffin

2017195 pagesabout 3–4 hours
2017
first published
  • 2017Dial Books · 195 pages · ENGISBN 9780399539077
  • 2017Text Publishing Company · 208 pages · ENGISBN 9781925498868
  • 2018Penguin Publishing Group · ENGISBN 9781536447279
  • 2018Puffin Books · 224 pagesISBN 9780399539084

Renzo is a quiet kid, content to let his charismatic friend Paloma do all the talking while he dreams of playing the guitar and surfing out in California, becoming a veterinarian, and maybe learning more about the war hero father he's never known. He lives on a farm with his mom, grandfather, and an extraordinary pig named Marty ... a pig who thinks he's a dog, that is. Renzo and Marty s friendship is one-of-a-kind, but the bigger Marty gets, the harder it is for Renzo to justify his unusual pet to his penny-pinching mom. So when she threatens to sell Marty or worse Renzo decides it s up to him and Paloma to save Marty once and for all.

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