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"A Day No Pigs Would Die"
by Robert Newton Peck
paperback,1994 Random House edition.
An ALA Best book for Young Adults.

In rather good condition, but someone wrote, "even though my heart still hurts" in the back cover. & there is a school stamp that w/ a paw print & the letters "SHMS" on the first page. Other than that, not much wear, & very readable.

A coming of age novel focused around a Shaker boy developing a strong bond with his fathe (a butcher who slaughters hogs) and his pet pig named Pinky, and is set in the fictional town of Learning, Vermont.
Robert Newton Peck uses his own childhood as a Shaker to reveal the problems Robert faces growing into manhood. For example, he helps his neighbor's cow have two baby bulls and saves one's life, while risking his own. As reward his neighbor gives him his prized pet pig. As the pig grows to maturity it turns out to be sterile, though otherwise ideal. Eventually the family faces such economic hardship that Pinky is slaughtered.

Ages 12 and up.

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