A Day No Pigs Would Die (ISBN 0679853065) is a 1972 coming of age story by Robert Newton Peck about a young Shaker boy in Vermont.

The author himself is the main character, but the story is fiction rather than autobiography. Nevertheless, the author commented that the character of Haven Peck was derived heavily from his own father.

The book tracks the life of Robert Peck through a single year. Set in the 1930s, it follows him as he is bitten by a cow, receives a pig named Pinky, and faces the death of his father.

Because of its sensitive subject matter, the inclusion of Peck's novel in literature courses and school libraries was frequently challenged during the 1990s. It appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000 at number seventeen. ^*

Awards

• 1973 Association for Childhood Education International Books for Children Bibliography
• 1972 Colorado Children's Book Award
• 1973 Library of Congress Children's Books of the Year
• 1973 ALA Best Books for Young Adults
• 1973 School Library Journal Best Books of the Year

External links

• http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm

1972 novels | Children's books | Banned books | Young adult novels