Peck, Robert Newton.

A day no pigs would die / Robert Newton Peck. - New York : Random House, c2005. - 150 p. ; 18 cm.

Includes a foreword by the author.

To a thirteen-year-old Vermont farm boy whose father slaughters pigs for a living, maturity comes early as he learns "doing what's got to be done," especially regarding his pet pig who cannot produce a litter.

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