''The Pig Who Saved the World'' (2006) is the sequel to ''

The Pig Scrolls ''The Pig Scrolls'' (2004), by Paul Shipton, is a young adult comedy adventure novel about a talking pig (Gryllus) and his endeavours to save the world. The novel is set in Ancient Greece with many, often comical, references to ancient Greek my ...

'', both of which were written by

Paul Shipton Paul Shipton (born 1963) is an English children's author. He was born in Manchester and attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Manchester University. After completing two master's degrees (in Classics and Philosophy), he taught English in Is ...

. It is set in ancient Greece and makes references to

Greek mythology A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the Cosmogony, origin and Cosmology#Metaphysical co ...

concerning their gods and heroes. The main character is Gryllus, a talking pig who has just finished saving the world from utter chaos, when he decides he wants to become human once more. In order to do this, he has to set out to find

Circe Circe (; grc, , ) is an Magician (paranormal), enchantress and a minor goddess in ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion, religion. She is either a daughter of the Titans, Titan Helios and the Oceanid nymph Perse (mythology), Perse ...

, the witch who turned him into a pig in the first place, and ask her to change him back. Sibyl, the ex-priestess, and

Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...

, the soon to be epic poet, come along for the ride. ''The Pig Who Saved the World'' won the Nestlé Bronze Award in 2006.

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2006 British novels Children's historical novels British children's novels British young adult novels British comedy novels Novels set in ancient Greece Classical mythology in popular culture Children's books about pigs Greek and Roman deities in fiction 2006 children's books Puffin Books books Children's books set in ancient Greece Novels about pigs {{AncientGreece-novel-stub