A Day No Pigs Would Die
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| Author | Robert Newton Peck |
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| Released | 1972 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-679-85306-5 |
A Day No Pigs Would Die is a 1972 coming of age story by Robert Newton Peck about a young Shaker boy in Vermont. The sequel is "A Part of the Sky" by Robert Newton Peck.
Peck has said that the book is fictional, but some of the details are based on actual events in his life. The author himself is the main character, and he has commented that the character of Haven Peck was derived heavily from his own father.
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[edit] Plot summary
The book tracks the life of Robert Peck through a single year. Set in the 1920s, it follows him as he is bitten by a cow, receives a pig named Pinky, and faces the death of Pinky and then his father.
[edit] Controversy
Because of its sensitive subject matter (including a graphic description of the act of two pigs copulating), the inclusion of Peck's novel in literature courses and school libraries was frequently challenged during the 1990s. It appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000 at number seventeen.[1]
[edit] Awards
- 1973 Association for Childhood Education International Books for Children Bibliography
- 1972 Colorado Children's Book Award
- 1973 Library of Congress Children's Books of the Year
- 1973 ALA Best Books for Young Adults
- 1973 School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
