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Aug 15 '09
Pros: Robert Peck's style, factual telling of his childhood, historicial depiction of depression-era farmlife
Cons: Not a book for sensitive readers, Some passages while factual were still painful to read
Summary: During the 1930s Shaker farm life centered on humility, simplicity, efficiency, and hard work and it was these values that carried young Robert Peck into manhood. At the age of 13 he comes of age after a difficult year, but he’s not one to complain ... read more
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Nov 04 '00
Pros: Exciting
Cons: sad in some parts
Summary: In this story, I'm sure the whole point of the book is on how hard life is. I read the book twice. The second time I picked up allot more and started to understand the whole gist of it. It was well worth reading. I related to the writer well because of ... read more
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Sep 29 '00
Pros: Simple, clear, morally and ethically sound
Cons: I can't think of any. You'll have to ask who ever is trying to ban it.
Summary: When I saw A Day No Pigs Would Die on a list of the 100 Most Banned Books For 1999, I thought "why would that be banned? It’s set on a Vermont farm in the 40’s and it’s about a Shaker boy’s relationship to his father." So I read it (all of it, ... read more
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May 09 '08
Pros: Shows responsibility and hardships in life.
Cons: Bloody,graphic,and to violent and too emotional.I hated it sooo much!!!
Summary: I did not like this book one bit.It made animals seem unimportant and basically like a plant.It has no feelings and it only helps who it is feeding or whoever is selling it. Animlas do have feelings and do feel pain just like people do.This book is
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