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A Day No Pigs Would Die

A Day No Pigs Would Die

A Day No Pigs Would Die is a semi-autobiographical novel by Robert Newton Peck about Rob Peck, a boy coming of age in rural Vermont on an impoverished farm. Originally published in 1972, it is one of the first books to be categorized as young adult fiction, in addition to being Peck's first novel; the sequel, A Part of the Sky, was published in 1994.


“Never miss a chance… to keep your mouth shut.”

Robert Newton Peck book A Day No Pigs Would Die

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