Originally published in hardcover in 1972, A Day No Pigs Would Die was one of the first young adult books, along with titles like The Outsiders and The Chocolate War.
In it, author Robert Newton Peck weaves a story ofa Vermont boyhood that is part fiction, part memoir.
The result is a moving coming-of-age story that still resonates with teens today.
Random House Children's Books A day no pigs would die, paperback/robert newton peck
