A Day No Pigs Would Die, Robert Newton Peck
A Day No Pigs Would Die, Robert Newton Peck
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A Day No Pigs Would Die

Author: Robert Newton Peck

Narrator: Lincoln Hoppe

Unabridged: 3 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/26/2010

Synopsis

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 weaves a story of
a Vermont boyhood that is part fiction, part memoir. The result is a moving coming-of-age story that still resonates with teens today.

About The Author

Robert Newton Peck grew up on a farm in rural Vermont. He has written over 60 books, including the Soup series, for which he won the Mark Twain Award. He lives in Longwood, Florida.

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Quotes

“Reading this book is like sipping hot cider in front of a crackling potbellied stove. Every page is suffused with wit and charm and glowing with warmth.”–Newsweek

“A lovely book. . . . Honest, moving, homely in the warm and simple sense of the word. . . . It is small, accepting and loving and it succeeds perfectly.”–Boston Globe

“You’ll find yourself caught up in the novel’s emotion from the very opening scene. . . . Love suffuses every page.”–The New York Times

"With plenty of Yankee common sense and dry wit, and some pathos as the boy at 13 takes on the duties of a man. For boys of this age and for the young of any age."--School Library Journal.

Awards

  • ALA Best Books for Young Adults
  • Colorado Children's Book Award
  • Library of Congress Children's Books of the Year
  • School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
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