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A Day No Pigs Would Die

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Gr 7 Up—Originally published in 1972, Richard Peck's classic about hardscrabble farm life in Vermont and the too early entrance into adulthood for nearly 13-year-old Rob is still relevant today. Matters of life and death are treated in a straightforward manner, and the values shared in the story still ring true. Narrator Lincoln Hoppe gets it just right, from the pure joy of Rob receiving his piglet Pinky as a reward for a neighborly good deed to the heart-wrenching climax. There is a graphic scene involving the mating of Pinky to a neighbor's boar that could be upsetting to younger children. However, every young adult should be familiar with this poignant, powerful story.—Ann Brownson, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston
Reviewed by Ann Brownson , Apr 01, 2011

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