When Pigs Fly (2021)

by Rob Harrell

Series: A Batpig Book (1)

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"After a bite from his radioactive bat best friend, Gary goes from ordinary pig to high-flying superhero and must juggle his ordinary life and saving the world"--

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JennyArch | Feb 6, 2023 |

This loopy, goofy superhero parody intended for the middle-school or younger crowd actually amused me more than I would have thought possible since the Batpig strips were my least favorite part of Rob Harrell's Wink graphic novel. But the potty humor and metafiction works for me. I also like the weird unaddressed queasiness caused by a world where humans and anthropomorphize animals cohabitate while humans still eat those animals' meat. Hooooowwww? (

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A Batpig Book (1)

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Wink by Rob Harrell

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Awards

Coventry Inspiration Book Award (Shortlist – Telling Tales – 2024)

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee – Intermediate – 2024)

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The Best Children's Books of the Year (2022)

Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List (Grades 3 – 5 – 2023)

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Canonical title

When Pigs Fly

Original title

Alternative titles

Batpig: When Pigs Fly

Original publication date

2021

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Big City, USA

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Epigraph

Dedication

For all the kids out there writing stories and drawing whenever you can: Keep going! I mean, look at this -- it's a whole book about a pig in a cape. If I can do it, you can too!

First words

Houston! We have an origin story!

Batpig was in serious trouble.

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Contents: Story #1: Batpig in "Space Farce" -- Story #2: Intermission!! Brooklyn and Carl in "Secret, Secret" -- Story #3: Batpig in "Meat the Enemy"

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Peirce, Lincoln

Original language

English

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