A Day No Pigs Would Die

by Robert Newton Peck and Robert Sevra

Book Overview

Originally published in hardcover in 1972, A Day No Pigs Would Die was one of the first young adult books, along with titles like The Outsiders and The Chocolate War. In it, author Robert Newton Peck... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679853065
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Laurel Leaf
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 0.5" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

A vivid memory

My 7th grade teacher made me read this and I am so glad. I have only read it once but the imagery and memory of the book has lasted my life since then. It has been 30 years.

A Day NO Pigs Would Die

The book called A Day No Pigs Would Die is a humourous but sad story.It is written by Robert Peck, and it is a true story. It describes Robert as a boy growing up and having to abide by the book of Shaker.It takes place in Vermont in the 1930's. A Day No Pigs Would Die is about a boy who has to become a man very soon and his pet pig, Pinky.My favorite part of the story was when Robert went to the Rutland Fair with his neighbors and when he goes to the bathroom. Mrs.Tanner (his neighbor) tells him to watch for perverts, well little did he know that a pervert is a bad thing so he wants to meet one. Another very humourous part was when he brings a D home on his report card,and his Aunt Mattie wants to be his tutor. Well Robert thinks that tutor means an instrument and his Aunt Mattie is going to drown him cause she's Baptist and baptizeS people. A part that I didn't like in the book was when they were trying to weasel Ira Long's dog and after and after they weaseled her,she was so tore up that they had to shoot her to take her out of her misery. I would recomend this book for anyone who likes to read "down to earth" stories.It tells everything even if it doesn't want to because the author wants you to visualize what's going on.I would recomend this book because this book it is a great story, and I think that you would enjoy it!!

A Day No Pigs Would Die

A Day No Pigs Would Die is a very interesting book. It had some sad parts, but it is very good. The story is about a boy named Robert Newton Peck who lives on a farm with his father, mother, and aunt. In the story Robert receives a pig from his neighbor Mr. Tanner. Robert and his pig are really close. I think that the author did an extrodinary job on this particular book. My favorite part is when Robert takes Pinky to the Rutland Fair. I think the worst part is when Robert and his father weasel Ira Long's dog. The way he uses details makes it more interesting and easier to picture everything. I would recommend this book to anyone, especially if you like to cry and laugh.

Great book for exploring emotions in reading

I read this book when I was about 10, over 20 years ago. It was the only book I re-read as a child and it affected me the same way both times- I cried at the end! This is a powerful story with strong values to carry the reader through the rough times at the end. The reader is really forced to look back on all they've learned in the early chapters of the book and hold on to it for the rocky ending. A tough read, but a great exercise in dealing with powerful issues for children.

So much more than a kid's story

It's always a joy to "find" a treasure. This book is a treasure. It was 'loaned' to me by my 12 year old daughter (almost 13, going on 35) after she had finished it for her English class. She didn't like the ending. I did. This book is true in every sense of the word. The actions and emotions and nuances are exactly Shaker and Vermont and turn-of-the-century rural. Rob's life is quite similar to my life as a child 35 years ago in rural Pennsylvania. I was born into a farm family and life, though hard, was really good. Yes, even after my father died when I was nine. I had my grandparents there as it was a multi-generational farm. Especially my grandfather who truly loved farming and gifted me with that love. The values are as important today as they were in Rob's time or in my time. Responsibility. Trust. Joy in a job well done and joy in the beauty of God's wonderful world. The truths that quality (and wealth) is not in things, it is in each of us, how we treat eachother, the largly unspoken respect given by family, friends and neighbors, and that being tired from a hard day's work feels good inside and out. Even the bumps and bruises. (Never get between an Angus cow and her calf, they can be as feisty as any Holstein!) The language and flow is also true and easy. I will add this to my collection and I will encourage my 16 year old son to read it and my toddler, when he's ready. And we will all talk about it.

A Day No Pigs Would Die

I loved the book, it was so good. It was the first book that I really liked a lot. At times it was funny, but at times it was also sad. I think Robert's life was hard. As a 13-year-old boy, he had to do a lot. He went through a lot of pain as a little boy. I know how he felt when he lost his dad because I lost my papa when I was eleven. I also felt bad when his dad kills the pig. If I put myself in his shoes for a day, I think I could not handle it. Robert was a very brave little boy. I could not have watched my dad kill my favorite animal. From the book I learned that you might have to give something up you really love. This book is really good to read.