Piglettes

Winner of France's biggest prize for teen and young adult fiction: A wickedly funny and life-affirming coming-of-age road trip story

Awarded the Gold, Silver and Bronze trotters after a vote by their classmates on Facebook, Mireille, Astrid and Hakima are officially the three ugliest girls in their school, but does that mean they're going to sit around crying about it?

Well . . . yes, a bit, but not for long! Climbing aboard their bikes, the trio set off on a summer road trip to Paris, their goal: a garden party with the French president. As news of their trip spreads they become stars of social media and television. With the eyes of the nation upon them the girls find fame, friendship and happiness, and still have time to consume an enormous amount of food along the way.

"One of the loveliest reading experiences I've had in years." --Jennifer Niven, New York Times­-bestselling author of All the Bright Places and Holding up the Universe

About the author

Clémentine Beauvais (born 1989) is a French children's author living in the UK. She publishes children's books in both French and English, for a variety of ages, and is a lecturer in English and Education at the University of York.

Product details

• Authors: Clementine Beauvais, Beauvais Clementine
• Assisted by: Beauvais Clementine (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.07.2025
• EAN: 9781782695707
• ISBN: 978-1-78269-570-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Guides > Sport > Motorsport, motorcycle sport, bicycle sport, aviation sport; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Animals / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Humorous / General, TRANSPORTATION / Bicycles, cycling, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Cooking & Food, Cooking & food (Children's/YA), General Fiction (Children's/Ya), Reading Age: From C 14 Years (Young Adult)