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Alice Singer meets an adorable pig on a class trip to a farm, and decides that a pig is just what she wants for her eighth birthday! She'd also like to be able to say the word 'animal' properly so that her older brother Oliver would stop teasing her about it. He may be smart and talented, but Alice it that he thinks he knows everything. She also has a baby sister Rosie, a toddling tornado who continually leaves disaster in her wake. This charming novel will have readers cheering for in-the-middle Alice as she finds a clever way to outwit her brother and amaze her sister with an unexpected birthday surprise. Recommended for ages 7 to 10.
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