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Content: Books are frequently banned, generally on a  local level affecting only local or school libraries. Occasionally, a  government will step in to ban a book. It is not illegal to read banned  books, the rulings just make them more difficult to find. Booksellers  are sometimes guilty of banning books as well. They cave in response to  pressure from customers and perceived threats from consumer groups and  will remove books from their shelves. Public outrage is a powerful  tool, though seldom wisely wielded. A Day No Pigs Would Dieby Robert Newton Peck is high on the banned book list. Its explicitly  honest approach to the brutality of pig-farming life is considered too  disturbing for the young teens it is written for. At the same time, it  is a powerful story full of wit and charm about a boy forced to become  a man at 13. Read an excerpt.