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Summary: A Day No Pigs Would Die
Review: "A Day No Pigs Would Die" is about a 13 year old boy, Robert, who lives with his parents and aunt. They live in Learning, Vermont in a farm. In the book, Robert recieves a pig as a pet and he takes care of his pig, Pinky, as if she is his own blood. They become the best of friends. Robert also builds a friendship with his dad. Although this book was touching, it was also extremely disgusting. I personally did not like this book very much because of so much animal cruelty and it was such an easy book. As a 9th grader, I think this book should not be assigned for reading because it's point less and not challenging at all.
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Summary: A Day No Pigs Would Die
Review: A Day No Pigs Would Die is about a 13 year old boy, Robert, who lives with his parents and aunt. They live in Learning, Vermont in a farm. In the book, Robert recieves a pig as a pet and he takes care of his pig, Pinky, as if she is his own blood. They become the best of friends. Robert also builds a friendship with his dad. Although this book was touching, it was also extremely disgusting. I personally did not like this book very much because of so much animal cruelty and it was such an easy book. As a 9th grader, I think this book should not be assigned for reading because it's point less and not challenging at all.
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Summary: A Day No Pigs Would Die
Review: A beatiful bitter sweet story of a young 12 year old boy, Robert Peck, as he moves from childhood to manhood in a few short months. His quiet, strong father pushes him along this jouney with love and compassion, as the young Robert is forced to make some hard grown-up decisions. A wonderful story featuring family values, and a peek into the life of a Vermont Shaker family.
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Summary: A day no pigs would die. =\
Review: In my 9th grade english class i choose to read this book. The book is about a young boy (robert) who lives on a farm. He gets a present of a piglet from his neighboor. The piglet and him become very good friends, and the book in most is about the developing bond between Robert and his piglet and his father. He becomes great friends with his piglet. During the winter, his familys supplies run out and they must kill pinky(the piglet) for food. I thought that, that was an interesting twist. When i started reading it I thought the pig would die in some freakish accident. The book to me was alright, but i wouldnt read it again
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Summary: Review of A Day No Pigs Would Die
Review: I loved the book! I liked the book because it was realistic, funny, and suspenseful. I didn't want to put down the book. The characters were "down to earth." The best part of the book was when the boy and his pig got to go to the fair with the neighbors. The pig got the best behaved pig blue ribbon. The worst part was when the grandfather died. Nobody in the family was sad or at least they didn't seem like it because nobody cried. The most vivid thing to me was the setting and the climax. The setting was so descriptive. I could imagine a farm and a house on a rolling plain. I could also imagine the fields, cows, chickens, and the inside of the house. The climax's were very descriptive! I could imagine the fair, the weasel and the dog fighting in a barrel, the boy getting chased by a bull, and last but not least the grandfather dead in his wooden coffin.
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Summary: One of my favorites.
Review: This was a great book. I got hooked on to it very easily since the first page. Why? It has everything- love, friendship, drama, suspense, and surprises on every page. The first time I saw this book, I was sure that I wasn't going to read it- it had a dumb title. But I found out that the good books always have the most weirdest titles. It talks about the life of a Vermont farm boy on the verge of manhood and his struggles. Good job, Robert N.Peck!!
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Summary: Read this book if you have time to spare
Review: THe Book a Day no pigs would die by Robert Newton Peck was a interesting but confusing story of a boy facing manhood. At the beginning of the book, all that was talked about was "random" things that had no relation to the main point of the story. For Example, Rob was talking about a baseball game in the third chapter that was never mentioned again and had no relation to the outcome of the story. I loved the affectoin that rob showd for his pig Pinky. IT shows that everyone loves their pets, even guys. My favorite part of the book was the end. When Pinky was slaughtered, it signaled the beginning of a journey to manhood for Rob. HIs prized possesion was killed, and then he had to deal with the loss of his father. This book was very good but had ups and downs.
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Summary: Die Pigs Die!!!!
Review: A day no pigs would die is a great book it always keeps you on the edge of your seat. The part that I like the most was when Robert was invited to the fair by a neihbor Mr. Taner. Robert always wanted to go to the fair but they where to poor to go. Robert thought that this was his chance to enter Pinky into a compotion. Pinky was a pig that was given to robert for helping his neighbors cow give birth.
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Summary: A Day No Pigs Would Die
Review: Robert Newton Peck's book, A Day No Pigs Would Die, is a great book for all ages. There are many enjoyable and unpleasant parts in the book. When Pinky, the pig, won the blue ribbon for the best-behaved pig was an enjoyable scene. When Pinky won the award, Robert, Pinky's owner, was very proud of himself for his work he had put into Pinky, and he was proud of Pinky for winning the prize. From the novel,I learned that one should always take care for a pet.
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Summary: This Beef Is About Pork.
Review: Characters in conflict is what moves a story along. The conflict, or "beef," in this book is about a young boy's pet pig. The story develops this way: Boy saves neighbor's calf. Grateful neighbor gifts boy a piglet. Boy makes pet of pig. Boy's strict father frowns on gift. Boy's father butchers pigs for a living. Now that's conflict. This somber, touching book describes Shaker farm life in New England, and provides an excellent exploration of the relationship between father and son. Its apparent beef may be about pork, but underlying that is a sophisticated coming-of-age essay. Definitely worth a look. --Christopher Bonn Jonnes, author of Wake Up Dead.
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