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Summary: Games we do not want to play
Review: This is quite a good yarn. It is amazing how a summer vacation can get really exciting.
Barney, the hero, is a sixteen year old with his mom and dad at a summer beach house for a couple of weeks and he is bored, bored, bored. Then the neighbors appear. They are wonderful, good looking, good natured and friendly. Barney's vacation is not so boring anymore.
These people, three of them: two guys and a girl, are interested in the house that Barney's folks rented. The hijinks begin: Barney learns a new game, one that is not on the market yet; Barney goes windsurfing, sort of, with them, and everything starts to get really exciting.
Barney is growing up, though this book does not show so much of the normal growth and development that children go through to become adults, it is still a juvenile story. But it is really a well told story, with a lot of interesting characters and ideas.
This is one of the better juvenile stories I have read.
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Summary: beaware of evil alleins
Review: Barney an ordinary kid . Every summer he stays in a cabin by the ocean. Well this summer is a odd one becuase ,he was told that some person was locked up in his room. His neighbors were nice. One day he went over to his neighbors and saw them playing a game. He asked them if he could play but they always said the nexted time. Well finally they let him play. Well the game is about some alliens and having a piggy but then the game comes true. They go to an island and barney finds this little piggy. He rdidnt want them to know that he found it but they some how knew he had it. They kept sucking up to him so they can get the piggy and win. But he doesnt give it up. But all i am trying to say is that this book is a really great one.
I liked how they played the game. I also like how they kinda keep it mysterious.
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Summary: Interstellar Pig
Review: Barney is a normal kid that goes on vacation to the beach. The house realator tells barney about the strange markings on the wall in the room he is staying in. There is only one house anywhere near barney's beach cottage and it is right next door. The neighbors are college age people. Barney's parents act very wierd when they see the neighbors. They see something different than what Barney sees. When Barney first goes to talk to the neighbors they have a game on the back table. Barney doesn't think much about it untill the neighbors start talking about it some more. When Zena (the girl next door) teaches him about the game and informs him about when you play the game why you want the piggy. Later they three neighbors take Barney out to the island in the middle of they bay. Barney searches the island while he waits untill the others catch up, and then he finds a box. He doesn't open the book untill hey gets home. If u want to find out what happenes at the end of this amazing book ... but Interstellar Pig
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Summary: Neighbors, and gamers, and piggy, oh my!
Review: Barney is a young teen. He and his family are vacationing in a cottage for the summer. But there are two strange things about the house. First, it is supposed to be haunted by the son of a previous owner. A son who was insane and locked up for twenty years. In Barney's room, no less. The other is that the neighbors in the cottage next door seem inordinately interested in it.Although the neighbors seem to be young and very successful, they seem to take a shine to the young Barney. They are also obsessed with playing a science fiction game called Interstellar Pig. They get Barney involved in the game as well. The game set is very sophisticated. The play is simple as the players try to find an object, the Piggy, and be the one holding it when the game's timer runs out. At that point the characters not holding the Piggy, and their home planets, are wiped out. But Barney notices the neighbors strange behavior. Evasive answers and strange speech patterns drive Barney's curiosity. What is it about the game and the neighbors? Who are they really? Why are they so interested in the ghost story? Finding the answers will make this Barney's most interesting summer. I might have given the book four stars, but there were some serious flaws in some of the scenes and information in the book. For that reason I only gave it three stars. Most readers are not as particular to these types of flaws and will not be bothered by them. Otherwise, this is a very fun book. Look for the sequel; PARASITE PIG.
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Summary: Neighbors, and gamers, and piggy, oh my!
Review: Barney is a young teen. He and his family are vacationing in a cottage for the summer. But there are two strange things about the house. First, it is supposed to be haunted by the son of a previous owner. A son who was insane and locked up for twenty years. In Barney's room, no less. The other is that the neighbors in the cottage next door seem inordinately interested in it. Although the neighbors seem to be young and very successful, they seem to take a shine to the young Barney. They are also obsessed with playing a science fiction game called Interstellar Pig. They get Barney involved in the game as well. The game set is very sophisticated. The play is simple as the players try to find an object, the Piggy, and be the one holding it when the game's timer runs out. At that point the characters not holding the Piggy, and their home planets, are wiped out. But Barney notices the neighbors strange behavior. Evasive answers and strange speech patterns drive Barney's curiosity. What is it about the game and the neighbors? Who are they really? Why are they so interested in the ghost story? Finding the answers will make this Barney's most interesting summer. I might have given the book four stars, but there were some serious flaws in some of the scenes and information in the book. For that reason I only gave it three stars. Most readers are not as particular to these types of flaws and will not be bothered by them. Otherwise, this is a very fun book. Look for the sequel; PARASITE PIG.
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Summary: Interstellar Pig
Review: Barney thought this was going to be the most boring vacation of all time. But when 3 unusually perfect people move in next door, things start to spice up a bit. The three are very peculiar, and very interested in Barney's cabin. When Barney becomes curious and starts to poke for a little information, things turn up that make him wish he'd never asked. He learns about the game they always play called "Interstellar Pig". When Barney is asked to play, strange things start to happen.The three aren't who they appear to be. Barney quickly learns this is going to be a vacation of life, or death.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: Excellent and creative, I couldn't help but to go buy a copy of this book! From the beginning to the end, it was excellent! A witty combination of humor and sci-fi! 5 Stars!
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Summary: Reading Aloud to Your Classroom
Review: For teachers who not only want their students to read more often, but also those who would like to read to them to "get them hooked on reading," this is the one! Interstellar Pig is not only a fascinating book, it will get students--of ALL ages--into the library when you suggest to them other titles after reading this one to them. It's got it all--a game, a mystery, monsters, intergalactic travel--the whole thing! Read it to your classes and let their imaginations soar!
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Summary: An interesting approach to many of man's ills
Review: Given that this book is not a huge take-off on society's ill's, it does demonstrate the silly ways that man can act over the stupidest little things, sugar-coating it in the brilliant disguise of a board game played by all the creatures of the universe.
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Summary: I can't even tell you how great this book is.
Review: I first read this book in 7th grade, and it has stuck with me all of these years. (I am now 23). This is a great sci-fi book with such detail and a carefully woven plot. It grabs you, and hold you even past the last page. If you find it, and I have had a HARD time finding it, grab it and never let go!!!
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