The Day No Pigs Would Die / Richard Peck / 150 pages / October Challenge Banned Books

Young Robert Peck saves the life of Mr. Tanner's prize cow when he safely delivers her calf and stops her from choking to death.  To reward him, Mr. Tanner gives him a baby pig.  Young Robert raises the pig and learns the hardships of farm life in rural Vermont.  Robert emulates his father's Shaker beliefs, although he does, at time, question them.  The Day No Pigs Would Die was challenged and banned because of its graphic violence and sexual content.  I would not personally recommend this book because of several horrifyingly graphic scenes of cruelty to animals.