Paul Zindel

Two high school sophomores from unhappy homes form a close friendship with a lonely old man with a terrible secret. "In The Pigman, what begins as a teenage prank soon becomes a timeless examination of grief, acceptance, and the transformative power of friendship. High-school sophomores John and Lorraine had no idea what they were starting when they made a prank phone call to a stranger named Angelo Pignati. Virtually overnight, they befriended the...

Haunted by the memory of a dead friend, two teenagers join an old man in a series of misadventures.

Fifteen-year-old Loch and his younger sister join their father on a scientific expedition searching for enormous prehistoric creatures sighted in a Vermont lake, but it soon becomes obvious that the expedition's leaders aren't interested in preserving the creatures.

In 1945, having joined his father at Los Alamos, where he and other scientists are working on a secret project to end World War II, thirteen-year-old Stephen becomes caught in a web of secrecy and intrigue.

Two teenagers think they may have found a hero in a schizophrenic boy who thinks he is Icarus.

Four high school seniors struggle with the responsibilities of growing up, particularly the problems of an intimate relationship.

Records the relationship of Dewey and Yvette, two high school dropouts working in a hospital.