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Where the Red Fern Grows (Paperback) (Paperback)
by Wilson Rawls
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Love, Adventure, Story, Ages 9-12, Children's book |
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This book is a must-read for all youth that are interested in keeping their goals and dreams alive through this touching and heart-felt story. |
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Author: Wilson Rawls
Publisher: Yearling
Pub. in: September, 1996
ISBN: 0440412676
Pages: 208
Measurements: 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00117
Other information: Reprint edition
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The novel, Where the Red Fern Grows, is a wonderful story that shows the growth of a boy to a young man through time. It starts out with a boy named Billy that has a dream and a deep desire that he is determined to fulfill, owning a pair of hunting hounds. He is not able to buy the dogs because they are too expensive, but the price does not stop him. He has such a passion and goal in his life that he does anything and everything he can to raise money to buy the hounds and does so for two years. So of course, he does achieve his goal and gets two little puppies that he names Old Dan and Little Ann. The author does a wonderful job showing the relationship that grows between Billy and his dogs through good and bad events in the book. These events make the reader also feel emotionally attached the dogs and draw the reader into the story. The author also depicts events that show how loyal Billy is to his hounds even though he is their master and the dogs are not human. He treats them with respect and loyalty communicating with them and keeping his promises to them. This book is a must-read for all youth out there that are interested in keeping their goals and dreams alive through this touching and heart-felt story.
Target readers:
Kids aged up 8
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Wilson Rawls grew up on a small farm in the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma. There were no schools where he lived so his mother taught Rawls and his sisters how to read and write. He says that reading the book The Call of the Wild changed his life and gave him the notion that he would like to grow up to write a book like it. He shared his dream with his father, and his father gave him the encouraging advice, "Son, a man can do anything he sets out to do, if he doesn't give up." Rawls never forgot his father's words, and went on to create two novels about his boyhood that have become modern classics.
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Billy, Old Dan and Little Ann - a Boy and His Two Dogs...
A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains - and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. And close by was the strange and wonderful power that's only found...
An exciting tale of love and adventure you'll never forget.
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A kid (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
Where the Red Fern Grows is about the love Billy gives to his dogs. Billy wanted to be a coon hunter and he needed a dog for one. Billy saved money for years collecting little by little to buy two dogs. Those two dog were on sale in the city. Billy, of course, lives in the country. Billy buys his two dogs and trains them. After about 2 years, Billy was about the greatest coon hunter in the Ozarks. The girl dog's name is Little Ann and the boy dog's name is Old Dan. When Billy was looking for coons, they had encountered a mountain lion. Old Dan was brave and Little Ann was smart. Together they killed the mountain lion but were severely damaged. Old Dan died from loss of blood. Little Ann basically committed suicide because she wouldn't eat and died.
I think this book was a good book and shows what love is. You can't express love, but if you read this book, you'll know what it is. Billy is probably about the age of 14 when his dogs died. I personally couldn't put this book down until I got too tired. Even though it's kind of cheesy, it is a good book.
I encourage my sister to read this book but she says it is too hard. Actually, if you read this book, it doesn't seem too long. That is because you'd want to read more and more and more. I encourage you to read this book because it helps you to understand what happens in life.
There are two quotes in this book Love and friendship. Billy loved his dog more than anything in the world. He'd give up anything just to keep them safe and happy. Also Little Ann and Old Dan were the best friends. This shows friendship because Little Ann didn't eat since Old Dan died.
My favorite part of the book was when Old Dan, Little Ann were fighting the mountain lion. It kept my heart pounding and I didn't want to put the book down. This is a very fun, yet, sad moment.
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A kid (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
Are you looking for a nature hunting that has many emotions with lots of adventurer and with good characteristics? If all these things are in a book that you want to read then you need to read Where the Red Fern Grows .With the main charters Billy and his dogs Old Dan, Little Ann there red bones Pa, Ma and Grandpa. The age group of the book would be a round ten or older. The author of this book is Wilson Rawls.
Were the Red Fern Grows is a good nature hunting book because, through out the book he is hunting and nature just ties in. Like when he was the coon-hunting contest with the dogs, pa and grandpa. It was storming and snowing and they were the last people to hunt that day. They were about to give up with only one coon skin. The leader ahead by two skins. Then Little Ann pick up sent and then the chase was on along grandpa fell and hurt his ankle on a stick on the gowned and got lost from the pack. Throw out that part there's allot of nature that is one of the reasons why it is a good nature hunting book
The books is also a book with a lot of emotions because one second it will have on the edge of set then it make will ma you sad like when he was hunting with boys done the street and they made a beat that Billy couldn't catch the ghost coon the coon got the name because he would always run up the same tree then disappear every time same thing happened but Little Ann's nose was to good she got a sent in the are then went to a fence pole and start barking the coon had jump into a hollow pole from the tree since the coon had lived so long he let go it but the brothers didn't like it so they started hitting then there blue tick arrived and started a fight with Old Dan and Little Ann jumped in and the oldest of the brothers grabbed Billy's hatch his dad gave him and ran trod Old Dan ad tripped and the hatch had killed hem his brother had to have consoling after words that part of the story had me sitting on my set happy anger and sad in on page
The book has many characteristics like loyalty from the dogs he shows responsibility when he walks to the city with is a long walk and gets he's two dogs that he work for over a year by picking berries and doing work for his grandpa who owns a store he also shows love when he is in the city and over the year he work the dogs price went done and with the left over money he bought his ma some new cloth his dad some new overalls for his pa
All of the things I have talked about in the paragraphs above are in a great book that I recommend you to read where the Where the Red Fern Grows with lots of nature hunting that has many emotions with lots of adventurer and with good characteristics.
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A kid (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
Where The Red Fern Grows is a suspenseful story about a poor country farm boy who is desperate for two coon hounds, and is willing to save up to buy them. After two long years he finally has enough money to buy two new coon hounds, named Little Ann and Old Dan. He trains them how to hunt for coons, just in time for hunting season. After catching over fifty coons and selling their skins in his grandpa’s shop, his grandpa enters him in a tournament and they win first place. Shortly after when the boy and Little Ann and Old Dan go hunting, they corner a mountain lion. Will Little Ann and Old Dan fight the mountain lion and survive?
You will enjoy this book because of the suspense and love the boy has for his dogs, Little Ann and Old Dan. If you're dog lover (or not) you will thoroughly enjoy this book
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Valerie Lee (MSL quote), Meridian, Idaho
<2006-12-31 00:00>
From the start, I believed the author, Wilson Rawls, must have lived this tremendous tale to a degree. Upon investigation, I learned he did indeed trail a tail-wager, crossing rivers in pursuit of nocturnal black-masked conniving critters.
He grew up dirt poor in the Oklahoma Ozarks where schools were nonexistent, but still many lessons could be learned. His mom home educated him and his sisters to the best of her ability. Unfortunately, they were too impoverished to even own pencils and paper. The family did eventually move to an area possessing schools just as the book describes in closing.
During the depression, Rawls rode the rails trying to locate employment...nearly starving. He truly lived a scraping existence; but this is what it took to pen such a remarkable piece of awarded literature.
As an Idahoan, I found it intriguing that he was stirred to write the book in Idaho Falls. Later he placed the manuscript in flames believing it held no value. He rewrote it at the request of his wife Sophie and the rest is history.
This Rawls saga surrounds the hunting escapades of Billy and his coonhounds, Old Dan and Little Ann. I must admit sweet and dedicated Little Ann was my favorite.
It is easy to feel you are running the coon trails with Billy. You can be holding your breath without realizing it...wondering if that coon is really up that tree or if Old Dan and Little Ann will survive the night of wrestling matches.
Even though Billy's God-fearing family was dirt poor, they were filled with wisdom, love for others and strength for life. Billy never viewed anything as belonging to him, but to his family. Never did he shed a bit of selfishness.
Many lessons can be gleaned by children and it is never too late for us adults to learn as well.
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