Piglettes
Clémentine Beauvais
- Reading
- You could read together and pause when the story shifts from the girls’ school life to their public attention, checking how each change feels to your reader.
- Themes
- A road-trip structure: Three schoolmates cycle to Paris, and their journey draws attention from social media and television. The road trip links the girls’ shared journey with changing public attention, while the story is presented as humorous and focused on friendship.
- Appearance and classmates’ judgement: A vote by classmates gives the three girls labels based on their appearance. The vote provides the story’s starting situation, followed by the girls’ journey to Paris.
- Worth knowing
- The classmates’ vote labels the girls the ugliest at school. The plot also includes public scrutiny and mentions the girls eating large amounts of food.