My Sixth Grade Teacher Made Us Read A Day No Pigs Would Die. Kid Helps A Farmer, Farmer Gives The Kid

My sixth grade teacher made us read A Day No Pigs Would Die. Kid helps a farmer, farmer gives the kid a piglet as thanks. The piglet turns out to be barren so his parents let him keep it as a pet. The book then goes on about all their fun times together as the pig grows up. You know, really sweet. Then a bad harvest happens before winter and the parents end up telling him they have to slaughter the pig for food. I died a little inside.

what books were you assigned to read in a class that you still hold a violent and bitter grudge against

for me it’s into the wild and the scarlet letter