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PaulA
Since: Jan, 2010
9th Mar, 2011 02:39:38 AM
Pigs Might Fly by Emily Rodda.
Twiddler
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(On A Trope Odyssey)
9th Mar, 2011 12:52:36 PM
Many thanks!
I know what this book is called, but I'm having a hard time tracking it down, so does anyone know who the author is? It's a children's book, and it's called When Pigs Fly (99% certain on this). It's about a girl who wakes up in a strange land. It's mostly Earth-like, except for some mythical creatures and reality-bending storms called 'grunters'. The only visible sign of a grunter is it causing pigs to float off the ground. The stronger the grunter, the higher they float. (This is important.) Grunters not only cause improbable things to happen, but also affect people's minds, such as turning them absent-minded or cranky. As an outsider though, the protagonist is unaffected by the grunters.
The story is about her trying to get home. With the help of an elderly couple and other townsfolk, she finally does find a way, which is spelled out in an old children's rhyme. (I can actually recite the whole rhyme from memory, if that would help in any way.) She climbs onto a pig's back during a Force 10 grunter (the highest), flies into the sky with it, and wakes up at home.