A Day No Pigs Would Die

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Summary: Outstanding Literature
Review: An excellent book to read if you are a boy who wants to learn about the difficulties of growing up and becoming a man. An insightful sad book that makes you laugh one moment and cry the next. A must read for all people!!

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Summary: It is a book that carries for thw whole book!
Review: I really thaught this was a very well written book of a 12 year old living in Learning, Vermont who grows up as a shaker. I think Robert grew to is father. I think this is a book that you will always remember.

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Summary: It is great
Review: I think this book is great it really has alot of description and change of events. Anyone who likes dramatic literature should read this. It has a couple of cuss words in it so I recomend it for ages 9 and up. Brad owens

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Summary: It is a great, phenomenal book for everyone!
Review: This book makes you laugh, cry, and think. I felt I could identify with Robert because he is a growing boy who is learning to accept his responsibilities just like I am.

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Summary: A great book about a boy becoming a man
Review: Our class read this book as a novel study. It's a really good book, about a young boy growing up in Vermont. It's main theme is about how a boy becomes a man. However, this book is also full of jokes and humor. I definetly recomend this book to anyone mature, since it does have some descriptive things.

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Summary: When your done write a review (just tell them Jake sent ya)!
Review: If you like Robert Newton Peck this book is for you, with his creative writing and great characters! "A Day No Pigs Would Die" is about a father and son who live in Vermont. They slaughter pigs for a living. Will Benjamin become attached to a pig? I guess you'll have to read and find out!

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Summary: A Must-Read! and a Must-Share!
Review: Since 1975 without a television, I have read incessantly. As a former educator, I have read hundreds of novels from well-known classics to esoteric works of little known writers. The Day No Pigs Would Die and its sequel, A Part of the Sky, are two of the greatest coming-of-age novels I have read. It is a shame and inaccurate to brand these novels as fit only for young readers, or to place them in the young-reader section of libraries. Along with many of Peck's novels, these two books deserve to be read by adults who long to read about a simpler time when one's values were wrought by hard, honest work and family ties. Peck's works are well worth reading again and again to oneself, one's children and eventually to one's grandchildren. They deserve a place in the home of everyone who loves fine literature and enjoys passing the legacy on.

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Summary: Boring book
Review: It is not exciting at all. All it talks about is a boy's life, the author, and his father in why and how he kills pigs for a living. I do not recomend it to anyone unless they enjoy boredeness. Ages 8 and up could read it.

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Summary: I have loved this book dearly since I first read it at age14
Review: I first read this book in the eighth grade and I was totally mesmerized by it. The story line is wonderful, even when it is ripping your heart out. Mr. Peck brings his childhood back to life in gripping detail. He tells us of his strict rural upbringing and his relationships with his family and neighbors, and takes us with him as he learns life lessons that are hard for an adult, let alone a child. His vivid depictions of the steps from childhood to adulthood will be etched into your mind and will haunt you for a long, long time. I have never forgotten this book, and I can think of no other book of this type that I would more strongly recommend. I went looking for this book a couple of years ago and was told it was out of print and no longer available. I am so excited to find it here. Read this book and let it be with you forever.

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Summary: Tear Jerker!!
Review: This is the only book I've ever read that I bawled over. A truly great coming of age novel