A wickedly funny and life-affirming coming-of-age roadtrip story – winner of France’s biggest prize for teen and YA fiction

Mireille, Astrid and Hakima have just been voted the three ugliest girls in school by their classmates on Facebook. But does that mean they’re going to sit around crying about it?…

Well, maybe a little, but not for long! Climbing onto their bikes, the friends set off on a summer roadtrip to Paris. The girls will find fame, friendship and happiness on their journey, and still have time to eat a mountain of food (and drink the odd glass of wine) along the way. But will they really be able to leave all their troubles behind?

Piglettes is a hilarious, beautiful and uplifting story of three girls who are determined not to let online bullying get them down.

Reviews

Reading it makes you think anything is possible… If I was a teenager, it would make me realise how powerful I could be. I’m 37-years-old and I came away galvanised, hopeful, inspired. Piglettes is an utter joy, from start to finish – I hope it becomes a modern classic

Pandora Sykes

Brilliant and bonkers and incredibly charming

Lisa Williamson, author of 'The Art of Being Normal'

A triumph of a book; so funny, so original, so sharp, so warm

Katherine Rundell, author of Rooftoppers

The story of Mireille, Astrid, and Hakima made me cheer, cry, and cartwheel across the floor. Thank you, Clémentine Beauvais, for one of the loveliest reading experiences I’ve had in years.

Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright Places

Pithy, powerful, laugh-out-loud funny

Cathy Cassidy

This book is a treasure – a tale about true friendship andstanding up for yourself narrated by one of the wittiest, sharpest teen girlvoices I have ever had the pleasure of reading. It made me want to pull my bikeout of the garage and ride through the streets yelling about lady power. I absolutely adored this story

Jennifer Mathieu, author of 'Moxie'

Piglettes by Clémentine Beauvais is properly hilarious. You should read it

Cat Clarke, author of 'Girlhood'

This French YA is a pure and wonderful delight – cycling, sausages and feminism

Harriet Reuter Hapgood, author of 'The Square Root of Summer'

A delightful book, but also a moving and important one. I hope it finds the huge readership it deserves

Anthony McGowan, author of 'The Bare Bum Gang and the Football Face-off

This is a funny, clever and excoriating portrait of bullying that will have you lining their bike route, cheering all the way

Dail Mail, Children's Books of the Year

A unique voice – mordant, uncompromising and sophisticated…a superbly original reimagining of the road-trip novel, skewering societal obsessions with appearance

Guardian

Warm-hearted, uplifting and an excellent lesson in handling online bullies

Sunday Express

Crammed with acerbic, affectionate, full-blooded reflections on family, food, the glamorous toxicity of media attention and the difficulty of being an intelligent, outspoken teenage girl without the licence conferred by conventional attractiveness, Beauvais’s novel is a strikingly satirical outrageous tour de force

TLS

Loved this… A wonderful book… Such great characters, feisty front person, all “flawed”, all perfect

Cerys Matthews

Thought-provoking, uplifting and cheeky, this is a great read

Children's Books Ireland

Immensely credible, warm and wise with an implicit message for all self-conscious teens. A multi-award-winning book which helps us see the world differently. Excellent

Carousel

With lively, witty narration, sharp observation and engaging characters, this is an uplifting story about defying online bullying and making the most of life

Bold Girls, Children's Books Ireland

A fierce response to online bulling… A coming of age book with a difference, Piglettes resists the usual drift into conformity and instead maintains the theme of bullying and exclusion, never shying away from uncomfortable truths but fizzing with knowing humour throughout

School Library Journal

J’adore… A life-affirming, coming of age read

Red Magazine

Positive, funny and courageous… Full of humour and very uplifting

Books for Keeps

Brilliant… a lovely exploration of the euphoria of finding fellow misfits… a real feel-good read

Down the Rabbit Hole, Books of the Year 2017

Charming and hilarious… An uplifting read, guaranteed to make you giggle

Blogger's Bookshelf (blog)

Piglettes touched me. Poignant, clever writing that never forgets its humour nor does it lose its heart. Plus, sausages. Who DOESN’T like sausages

The Copper Boom

Piglettes is a joy… There are moments in it that had me in raptures and moments that had me in tears… What an utter treat this book is. I want to wrap my arms around it and never let it go (blog)

Did You Ever Stop to Think? (blog)

I can’t tell you how much I loved this… It is fierce and funny and positive and political and beautifully written… This is exactly the kind of book our young adults need and deserve

Rhino Reads (blog)

A book that will make you constantly chuckle, despite theserious topics it covers… one of my favourite YA books I’ve read this year

Lots of Livres (blog)

I loved the light-hearted comedy of this novel. Mireille is a brilliant narrator… I was also impressed at the breadth of issues that the novel explores despite keeping this light-hearted and funny tone

Ink Drops Books (blog)

It’s not often that a book really lives up to its hype forme, but this is an exception to that rule. I adored Piglettes and its quick wit and heartfelt emotions. It’s both funnyand touching, both true and outlandish enough to change how you look at things

A Universe in Words (blog)

This funny, effervescent, bittersweet and relevant book made me laugh and (almost) cry… How can a book that tackles racism, feminism, sexism and disability discrimination manage to be so uplifting? It shouldn’t be possible and yet Piglettes by Clémentiine Beauvais manages it with panache. I loved this book, and I am sure you will too

The Female Scriblerian (blog)

This book was [a] unique experience, a great way to display serious topic in [a] comical manner… I wish we all have the strength these girls had to face the world

Books Teacup and Reviews (blog)

Bubbly, bright and full of impish humour

The Connexion

A rich and intelligent read… life-affirming

The Bookbag

The Piglettes keep trucking… Readers will rejoice in their sass, their celebrity, and their appreciation of French delectable… A wonderfully irreverent alternative to earnest claims about real beauty

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

This book is spiky, deeply eccentric and rather wonderful

BookRiot

A masterpiece of acerbic wit, a sharp comedy, full of life… The sort of novel that gives you wings

Télérama

A jubilant novel that will make you smile. A true joy

Le Monde

Stands out for its humorous style, ridiculing cruelty, malice and obsession with physical appearance. The most beautiful novel of the season

Elle

A joyful novel, a superb victory of intelligence over crass stupidity… 270 pages of happiness!

Livresse des mots

An explosion of joy, humour, life and reality… I couldn’t have hoped for any more. This novel is a unique marvel

Le souffle des mots

I will never be able to do justice in words to all the emotions that flooded me when I read Three Little Piglettes. A wave of love and laughter, a melting heart. My readers, I tell you: this book is a nugget of gold

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