When she meets an adorable pig on her classs special outing to a farm, Alice decides thats what she wants most for her eighth birthday. Shed also like to learn to say the word animal properly so that her older brother Oliver will stop teasing her about it. Oliver is smart and talented, but Alice hates it that he thinks he knows everything. Alice also has to contend with her baby sister Rosie, a toddling tornado who continually leaves disaster in her wake. This charming novel will have readers cheering for in-the-middle Alice as she finds a clever way to outwit her brother and amaze her sister win an unexpected birthday surprise.
