Authors: Robert Newton Peck
Weeds in Bloom (17 page)
M
AY A FEW WEEDS BLOOM IN YOUR GARDEN
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ROB
Longwood, Florida
2005
The classic novel by Robert Newton Peck
A Day No Pigs Would Die
When young Rob Peck saves a neighbor’s cow, the neighbor gives him a pig as a reward. Pinky is Rob’s constant companion as he juggles backbreaking farm work with the schooling that is so important to his father. Pinky is a pet and a friend, but on a farm, every animal must have its use. And on a farm, even a boy must sometimes be a man. Will the support of a loving family and the plainspoken Shaker teachings of his father, Haven, be enough to see Rob through on the day no pigs would die?
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
The exciting sequel to
A Day No Pigs Would Die
A Part of the Sky
After the death of his father, young Rob Peck must run the family farm by himself. And keep up with school. And take on odd jobs to pay the mortgage. But sometimes hard work isn’t enough. The faithful ox, Solomon, digs his last furrow. The family cow, and then the land itself, begins to dry up. Is thirteen-year-old Rob man enough to face the hardest lesson of all?
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eISBN: 978-0-307-54911-2
January 2007
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