by Robert Newton Peck $12.00

When young Rob Peck saves a neighbour’s cow, the neighbour 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 plainspoken Shaker teachings of his father, Haven, be enough to see Rob through on the day no pigs would die?

I really liked the style of writing in this book and read it in one sitting. Great for adolescent boys.