Chester and the Green Pig

by Graham Burchell

When Chester wakes up, there's a green pig on his lawn. When it squeezes out under the back gate he follows it to a new, enticing world. Welcome to a place where plants complain, where local people with the silliest names are obsessed with gold even though they have no idea about money. Welcome to Goldintown. It's being terrorized by an evil fat food fairy named Gluttonia, who with the aid of some pretty powerful magic, is stealing all the town's kids. Or as the town's Sheriff, Wetpants McTumble-Dry puts it, "One by one she is knee-capping--I mean kidnapping every child!" It seems odd, particularly to Chester, but to get those children back, Goldintown needs his help. Chester needs some help himself. Some will have to be magical if he is to defeat the powerful food fairy. Some of that will have to come from his guide the green pig, but most of it will come from an extraordinary dog; the Galveston gray poodle that belongs to the old Indian chief living on top of Mount Moccahatchee. Chester does not know it as he sits in the Lucky Lettuce Café with the sheriff and green pig, but before two days are done, he will be magically transformed and delivered under cover of darkness into the very heart of Gluttonia's dreadful home to search out her book of spells, destroy it, and render her forever powerless.

98 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Tami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Imagine Chester's surprise when he wakes up one morning to find a green pig in his backyard. His immediate reaction is that no one is going to believe him so when the pig runs out of the yard, Chester follows. After a while, it seems like the pig is leading Chester somewhere in particular. This fact is validated then the pig speaks.

Green Pig, what else could his name possibly be, takes Chester to a world where all the animals and plants speak. They all have cleaver names like Sheriff Wet Pants McTumble-Dry, Hissing Steam-Iron, Dr. Paddy O'Chair, etc. Everyone needs Chester's help, the Fat Food Fairy has been capturing children using delicious pizza and chocolate desserts to trap them.

Chester and the Green Pig is a fun adventure. It was quite a chuckle.