Martyn Pig | 
|  | | | Title: | Martyn Pig | | Author: | Kevin Brooks | | Publisher: | Chicken House Ltd | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 06 March, 2006 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 1905294166 / 9781905294169 | | List Price: | $10.40 | | Amazon Price: | $10.40 | |
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Meet Martyn Pig, a boy with a terrible name, trapped in a terrible life. His mother has left him. His father is a belligerent, abusive alcoholic. It seems like his life can't get any worse. And then it does.Faced with the sudden, accidental death of his father, Martyn realizes that for the first time ever, he has a choice. He can tell the police what happened -- or he can get rid of the body and go on with the rest of his life. Deciding on the latter, Martyn and his pretty new neighbor come up with a seemingly foolproof plan. Then, just as Martyn begins to think his life is finally under control, a twisted turn of events leaves him stunned beyond belief.
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Customer Reviews:
• The Martyn Pig Story 04 November, 2006
My book is about a young teenager that lost his mom when he was a young boy. And his dad is an alcoholic and does not like his son. He makes Martyn do everything for him like run to the store to go get stuff for Christmas he isn't very nice. But Martyns father does end up dieing in an accident, and his son realizes that now he can make his own choices. My review!
In my book they used a lot of interesting words some of the words but some of the words were not very nice words but the reason why I think they did that is because they want to express there feelings about things. The author did use some extensive words in the book. I thought the author was pretty good at being disruptive in his book he used a lot of juicy words throughout the whole book I thought it was excellent. So some things that happened in this book are Martyn ended up being the one to kill his father on an accident. . And didn't know wither to get fid of the body or to tell his aunt jean what happened. Well at the end of the story his aunt jean found out and he had to pay a fine on 60,000 and got put in a juvenile home! His aunt jean couldn't believe what he did!!
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• Martyn Pig 10 December, 2004
Your Mom is dead, your Dad is an alcoholic, now he is dead in your house, and your a teen left to raise yourself. What do you do? As you can see this is a really interesting book that keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time. This is a different book, because it is not the same old plot. The plot to this story is very twisted. There are many unexpected situations, which keep turning the pages. I like that throughout the book Brooks keeps things interesting. From the minute you start reading you can begin to picture how everything is laid out. You can also really picture what is going on, and you feel like you are in the situations that the characters are in. This helps you understand why they make the decisions they do. Most books are all the same and you know what to expect at the keeps you on the end, but in this book every time you think you know what is going to happen something changes.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2ZXR9HL7WL75
• The Unaverage Life Of A Fourteen Year Old 28 March, 2006
In my own opinion, Martyn Pig is a gripping teen novel that is well written. I think this is a great book for teens that enjoy a mysterious, secretive, life-changing character work of fiction.
It takes place in a small town in England. Kevin Brooks' story is about fourteen year old Martyn Pig, who struggles to connect with his father, an alcoholic. In the beginning Martyn accidentally kills his father, so Martyn and his friend Alex try to get by with hiding the body and murder. Along their adventure, they run into a few treacherous obstacles.
Among other things, Martyn has to make his father look like he's sleeping, not dead, to trick his visiting aunty. He also has to figure out a plan to keep his father's money away from Dean, Alex's boyfriend.
Do you think Martyn will get away with murder or be caught and sent to jail? You'll have to read the novel to find out. Have fun!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2G9QR85BDBCWL
• Very Slow Start Good Ending 26 July, 2005
This story is about a boy named Martyn Pig who lives with his father and does not know or remember his mother. Martyn's father is a horribly mean father who gets drunk every night and occasionally hits his son. One night when he is drunk Martyn pushes his drunken father causing his father to loose balance, fall over and crack his skull and die. Martyn freaks out and decides not to tell the police but to tell the neighbor girl, whom he has a crush on, what happened to his father and together they decide to hide the body. This story is really SLOW at the beginning and then it starts to speed up and get better after the first 170 pages. Not as good as Lucas but its not horrible either. But I do recommend checking out this book at the library before buying it.
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