When Pigs Fly

by Joy Lynn Goddard

As a gun is pointed in her direction, Maddie falls on the subway tracks—with the train in the tunnel only minutes away. Her spiky heel is caught. While she desperately tries to pull it free, her friends look down from the platform, frozen in shock. It is then that a tall man in a ball cap jumps down to save her. Although his face is in the shadows, there's no mistaking the pale green eyes that stare back at her in terror—they're just like her own—before all goes black!

168 pages, Paperback

First published October 8, 2015

About the author

Joy Lynn Goddard and her husband Daniel Pike write adult fiction that crosses mystery, romance, and suspense genres. Their first novel, Moonshadow, won a Book Excellence Award, a Reader Ready Award (Recommended Read), and a Canada Book Award. Their second, The Keepers, also won a Canada Book Award. Besides novels, they wrote Buyers, Liars, Sellers and Yellers, a collection of humorous short stories about the real estate industry.
Joy is well known for her young adult and junior fiction, with her books in schools across Canada; she also wrote Write Right, a step-by-step guide to writing a novel. She and Dan live in Belleville, Ontario, where they are currently adapting A Good Mother into a screenplay. Learn more about them by visiting www.joygoddard.com.

Reviews

[Barbara Daniels Dena · Rating 5 out of 5]

'When Pigs Fly' by Joy Lynn Goddard brought back so many memories from my own teen years. Ms. Goddard can turn back the clock for the reader and place many of us back in time to those coming-of-age, hard, struggling days of adolescence. When choosing a book by this author, no matter if it is in the young adult novel or adult mystery genre, one can be assured it is written with sincerity, true-to-life experiences, and well researched knowledge of the subject. Be prepared to walk down memory lane within the pages of this book. The time spent is well worth it.

[Joy Goddard]

Maddie's summer is supposed to be filled with fun and adventure—with mountain-bike racing and camping in Muskoka with her friends and hanging around her new boyfriend, too—but then her deadbeat dad walks back into her life to ruin everything . . . and the summer turns tragic! Unlike my other coming-of-age-novels, this book is more suitable for older teens. Although in parts it is dark, there are elements of light and humour in it too. Readers will find Maddie's relationship with her dad both heartbreaking and heartwarming, and likely for some—it will feel all too familiar!