A Day No Pigs Would Die Characters

It's easy to underestimate Rob Peck. A country boy through and through, Rob seems to have no friends, no real life outside his family, and—let's face it—no clue about a lot of the things that m...

First things first: break out the tissues.Got 'em? Okay, excellent. Let's get started.Papa is the moral center of the novel. His name, Haven, does a good job of summing up what he means to Rob: he'...

Mama may not do a whole ton in A Day No Pigs Would Die, but if she's important to our leading gent, she's important to us.This is a woman who's always there to support her son, whether that means s...

Aunt Carrie. Let's see. Is she's Papa's sister, or Mama's? Has she always lived with the Pecks? What are her hopes and dreams? Sorry, Shmoopers, we don't have the answers. So why's she in the book...