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A review by 55_sallymander
Saucy by Cynthia Kadohata
4.0
Saucy by Cynthia Kadohata
Paperback copy
Quads Becca, KC, Bailey and Jammer, a girl and three boys. Becca is sad because everyone is good at something, except for her. Her mom keeps the family together with her lists and her dad works to keep everyone happy. Grandma is good at complaining.
They take family walks regularly, Bailey rolls, because he has been in a wheelchair all his life, being born with CP. One day, Becca finds a piglet that is more dead than alive, beside the road. She begs her parents to take it to a veterinarian. The vet gives her some special soap that makes the pig feel much better. Becca believes that she was meant to be a pig mom. She names the piglet Saucy. Saucy is very energetic and goes crazy when she sees fresh produce.
The book is all about Saucy's life with Becca's family. The adventures are fun for children. The place Saucy ends up is a safe haven for pigs, where they don't have to worry about being eaten and they will always have enough food to eat.
Towards the end of the book, we find out where Saucy originally came from, a pig factory farm. The quads sneak over there and make some horrible discoveries.
The book touches on the depravity of pig factory farms, they are not at all humane for the pigs. Even if pigs are raised for people food, this doesn't mean that they should be made to suffer their entire lives. Yes, people should be made aware of animals who are raised for food, for the animals' rights to live a good life. I don't know that a middle grade novel is the appropriate setting for that. The quads are a fun bunch, always doing something.
Thank you to Simon and Schuster and @simonkids for the complimentary copy of this book, I was under no obligation to post a review.
Paperback copy
Quads Becca, KC, Bailey and Jammer, a girl and three boys. Becca is sad because everyone is good at something, except for her. Her mom keeps the family together with her lists and her dad works to keep everyone happy. Grandma is good at complaining.
They take family walks regularly, Bailey rolls, because he has been in a wheelchair all his life, being born with CP. One day, Becca finds a piglet that is more dead than alive, beside the road. She begs her parents to take it to a veterinarian. The vet gives her some special soap that makes the pig feel much better. Becca believes that she was meant to be a pig mom. She names the piglet Saucy. Saucy is very energetic and goes crazy when she sees fresh produce.
The book is all about Saucy's life with Becca's family. The adventures are fun for children. The place Saucy ends up is a safe haven for pigs, where they don't have to worry about being eaten and they will always have enough food to eat.
Towards the end of the book, we find out where Saucy originally came from, a pig factory farm. The quads sneak over there and make some horrible discoveries.
The book touches on the depravity of pig factory farms, they are not at all humane for the pigs. Even if pigs are raised for people food, this doesn't mean that they should be made to suffer their entire lives. Yes, people should be made aware of animals who are raised for food, for the animals' rights to live a good life. I don't know that a middle grade novel is the appropriate setting for that. The quads are a fun bunch, always doing something.
Thank you to Simon and Schuster and @simonkids for the complimentary copy of this book, I was under no obligation to post a review.