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A Day No Pigs Would Die
Cover to paperback edition
AuthorRobert Newton Peck
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Publication date
1972
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
ISBN0-394-48235-2
OCLC328920

A Day No Pigs Would Die is a semi-autobiographical novel by Robert Newton Peck about Rob Peck, a boy coming of age in rural Vermont on an impoverished farm.[1] Originally published in 1972, it is one of the first books to be categorized as young adult fiction, in addition to being Peck's first novel; the sequel, A Part of the Sky, was published in 1994.[2]

  1. ^ Weisman, Kay (July 2006). "15 Historical Fiction Classics". Book Links.
  2. ^ "A Day No Pigs Would Die". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved 30 March 2016.

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