• Reading level: Ages 7-10
  
• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion - July '08
• ISBN: 1423108167
• ISBN-13: 978-1423108160

"Napoli, known for her fairy-tale retellings, has reworked “The Three Little Pigs” into a tale of life on the African savanna. Mogo is the runt of his litter and always the last in line. His brothers tease Mogo, calling him “scaredy,” but the cautious piggy knows many predators target the last one, so he pays close attention to every sound and smell. Mogo loves living with his family and being part of a much larger group of warthogs called a sounder. When his mother announces she is expecting another litter, it is time for Mogo and his brothers to live on their own, launching the familiar plot on its way."
-Kirkus Reviews, June 1, 2008

"As in Napoli’s Ugly (2006), the protagonist here is a young animal learning to survive on its own. The last of three male warthogs born in his litter, Mogo always walks behind his mother and his just-slightly-older brothers in the last position, the most vulnerable to the many predators on the savanna. In a convincing first-person narrative, Mogo tells how he survives after his mother forces the three brothers out on their own. Instincts, learned lessons, and reasoning are on his side, but luck and an unlikely friendship with a lone baboon also come into play. Though the final art for Judge’s illustrations was not seen, the sketches look very promising. Readers with no particular interest in African animals may find themselves unexpectedly caught up in this well-told, life-or-death adventure tale, while children who love animals, even those as apparently unlovable as the warthog, will be in their element here."
-Booklist