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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book so many times growing up, and rereading it now as an adult did not disappoint.  Everything that I loved about the book as a kid was still there, and it was just as magical.  I was especially pleased by this because last year, I read the author's latest book, <em>Test</em>, and hated it, maki...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75668929">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Barney is forced to go on a vacation for two weeks at his Mom’s beach house. But there were crazy and weird, and things start to get a little odd. Manny, Zena, and Joe are not regular fork tourist. In fact, Barney thinks they are not from earth they are from another planet. One reason why he think...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38216705">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interstellar Pig is definitely one of the strangest books I've read.  I don't even know if I can say what it's about, it's just that strange, but I'll give it a shot.  A boy goes on vacation and meets up with some VERY different people who are renting the vacation cottage next to his.  He gets sucke...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70556628">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an entertaining YA SF book, and a quick read (a couple of hours).  Though our hero was a bit clueless in a couple of places (case in point: sure wish I could figure out what's strange about those strange, strange summer cottage neighbors...), William Sleator does his usual bang-up job of tu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73340673">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the sense of danger, the different types of aliens, the whole situation. It's aimed at a young audience (pre-teen? 10?). I'm sure it would have been riveting at that age. But now it's just a fun, easy read.<br/><br/>The author tried to do some romantic tension with the main character, bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71377970">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This one was recommended to me as a good option for a science fiction read aloud.  I liked the story.  I think it's a cool idea and a lot of fun.  I'm finding as I read it aloud that the writing feels awkward.  The details feel forced to me.  I'll add more to this review when I finish reading it to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39392449">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great concept, and after a slow beginning I was absolutely hooked.  The characters were a little flat and dull, but after I finished it, I was thinking about it for hours... The ending questions violence, IQ, survival instincts... and whether or not earth is going to blow up in the next thirty min...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50317946">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I first read this book in third grade, and just re-read it as an adult. It holds up extremely well, and the imagery is superb. (&quot;A fat orange sun was sinking behind the island trees, and restless scribbles of gold danced over the dark water.&quot;) This is a great book for anyone who's ever bee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75787920">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Barney's new next-door neighbours are unlike anyone he's ever met - utterly charming, slightly odd, and completely obsessed with a board game. When they invite Barney to join in a game of Interstellar Pig, he's delighted...until things start to get a little strange. The game involves rival aliens traversing the universe to gain possession of 'The Piggy', often destroying one another in their efforts. But it soon becomes clear that this is not just a game. The trio is searching for a real pig, and Barney can't resist joining in the hunt. He outwits them, finds the pig and hides it in his cottage. And then he realises that the Pig isn't the only thing that's real. Zena, Manny and Joe are in fact aliens in disguise - aliens who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the Pig. And so, one dark night, Barney finds himself battling for his life against three vicious life-forms, each equipped with incredible powers...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A pretty creepy book, actually. Very science fiction, but something that I came back to a few times to read just because the concept really interested me. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Barney's new next-door neighbours are unlike anyone he's ever met - utterly charming, slightly odd, and completely obsessed with a board game. When they invite Barney to join in a game of Interstellar Pig, he's delighted...until things start to get a little strange. The game involves rival aliens traversing the universe to gain possession of 'The Piggy', often destroying one another in their efforts. But it soon becomes clear that this is not just a game. The trio is searching for a real pig, and Barney can't resist joining in the hunt. He outwits them, finds the pig and hides it in his cottage. And then he realises that the Pig isn't the only thing that's real. Zena, Manny and Joe are in fact aliens in disguise - aliens who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the Pig. And so, one dark night, Barney finds himself battling for his life against three vicious life-forms, each equipped with incredible powers...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember reading this book in Elementary school and I Absolutely LOVED it!! It was a fun book to read and kept my attention!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Barney's new next-door neighbours are unlike anyone he's ever met - utterly charming, slightly odd, and completely obsessed with a board game. When they invite Barney to join in a game of Interstellar Pig, he's delighted...until things start to get a little strange. The game involves rival aliens traversing the universe to gain possession of 'The Piggy', often destroying one another in their efforts. But it soon becomes clear that this is not just a game. The trio is searching for a real pig, and Barney can't resist joining in the hunt. He outwits them, finds the pig and hides it in his cottage. And then he realises that the Pig isn't the only thing that's real. Zena, Manny and Joe are in fact aliens in disguise - aliens who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the Pig. And so, one dark night, Barney finds himself battling for his life against three vicious life-forms, each equipped with incredible powers...]]>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[All of William Sleator's books are good science fiction for young people, even though most of them take overdone subjects for yet another ride.  Sleator somehow does it differently and in a more character-oriented fashion.<br/><br/>This one's about what seems at first glance to be a fun, imaginati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30047961">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Barney's new next-door neighbours are unlike anyone he's ever met - utterly charming, slightly odd, and completely obsessed with a board game. When they invite Barney to join in a game of Interstellar Pig, he's delighted...until things start to get a little strange. The game involves rival aliens traversing the universe to gain possession of 'The Piggy', often destroying one another in their efforts. But it soon becomes clear that this is not just a game. The trio is searching for a real pig, and Barney can't resist joining in the hunt. He outwits them, finds the pig and hides it in his cottage. And then he realises that the Pig isn't the only thing that's real. Zena, Manny and Joe are in fact aliens in disguise - aliens who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the Pig. And so, one dark night, Barney finds himself battling for his life against three vicious life-forms, each equipped with incredible powers...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A weird sci-fi sort of story. <br/>I enjoyed &quot;House of Stairs&quot; and &quot;Green Futures ...&quot; better, FYI.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Barney's new next-door neighbours are unlike anyone he's ever met - utterly charming, slightly odd, and completely obsessed with a board game. When they invite Barney to join in a game of Interstellar Pig, he's delighted...until things start to get a little strange. The game involves rival aliens traversing the universe to gain possession of 'The Piggy', often destroying one another in their efforts. But it soon becomes clear that this is not just a game. The trio is searching for a real pig, and Barney can't resist joining in the hunt. He outwits them, finds the pig and hides it in his cottage. And then he realises that the Pig isn't the only thing that's real. Zena, Manny and Joe are in fact aliens in disguise - aliens who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the Pig. And so, one dark night, Barney finds himself battling for his life against three vicious life-forms, each equipped with incredible powers...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Barney's having a lame time with his parents at their rented beach house when the mysterious Zena, Matty, and Joe move in next door.  His glamorous new neighbors have a weird way of talking and are obsessed with two things:  the house that Barney's staying in, and a game called Interstellar Pig.  <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22837725">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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