A Day No Pigs Would Die
Title | A Day No Pigs Would Die PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Newton Peck |
Publisher | Laurel Leaf |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2010-01-13 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0307574512 |
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 of a Vermont boyhood that is part fiction, part memoir. The result is a moving coming-of-age story that still resonates with teens today.
A Part of the Sky
Title | A Part of the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Newton Peck |
Publisher | Random House Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 173 |
Release | 2011-08-31 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0307574369 |
In celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Robert Newton Peck's bestselling classic, A Day No Pigs Would Die, here is the eagerly anticipated sequel. This must for schools, libraries, and summer reading lists is now available for the first time in paperback. Times are difficult during the Great Depression, and thirteen-year-old Rob Peck must struggle to keep his family together after the death of his father. Disaster after disaster strikes and the family is forced to sell their farm. Relying solely on their strong Shaker faith and close family ties, the Pecks finally prevail and young Rob learns that true wealth extends beyond money and that real values are priceless.
A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert N. Peck
Title | A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert N. Peck PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Lovejoy Dennis |
Publisher | Novel Units, Incorporated |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
Activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the readingof A day no pigs would die.
Cowboy Ghost
Title | Cowboy Ghost PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Newton Peck |
Publisher | HarperTeen |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2000-05-31 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780064472289 |
Sixteen-year-old Tee sets off on a grueling cattle drive up through the Florida wilderness of the 1920s in order to prove to his father that he is just as talented a rider as his older brother Micah. Reprint.
Patooie
Title | Patooie PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Newton Peck |
Publisher | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 158 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Country life |
ISBN | 9780394835808 |
A bishop's wife and a used-car salesman compete in a watermelon seed-spitting contest.
Extra Innings
Title | Extra Innings PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Newton Peck |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2003-03 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0064472299 |
After an airplane crash that claims the lives of most of his family, sixteen-year-old Tate finds unexpected solace in the stories of his great-aunt Vidalia's childhood travels with a Depression-era Negro League baseball team.
Bro
Title | Bro PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Newton Peck |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2005-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0060529768 |
Tugwell Dockery hasn't spoken since the horrific events that unfolded one afternoon six years ago at his grand-father's ranch. Now he's back there, newly orphaned, living with his grandfather and gutsy great-aunt. The only person who understands him is his brother, Broda Joe. But Broda Joe's in jail, and Tug hasn't seen him in two years. Now, more than ever, Tug needs Bro, but their reunion will cost them more than they ever expected.