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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy

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18 years ago my school had all of us kids read this book. Now, at 30 years old, I just had to have it again because I never forgot the book. It is a well-written classic, one every child and adult must read at least once. It brings back the spirit of youth, something which seems to have now been lost. Fantastic.

I remember reading this book for the 1st time when i was in 3rd grade and after i finished it bawling my eyes out. It still does the same thing reading it at 21. Great book.

This book is so great. It has such a compelling plot and many great adventures between a boy and his dogs. The story holds you to the end. You're unable to put it down! I read it, all my friends read it and we all love it. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys childhood adventures.

I read the book Where The Red Fern Grows.It was book that was very well written.I think that Wilson Rawls was so in touch with his book.It is so life like and feels so real. I would and do recomend this book to all my friends.

This book is one of the best book ever. I read as a class assignment and couldnt put it down. It made me cry but it also made me feel happy. I would HIGHLY recommend this book.

This heartwarming tale is my favorite book. Where the Red Fern grows is about a young boy named Billy Coleman who saves up his money for two years to buy the two Redbone Coonhounds that he saw advertised. From then on, adventures explode infront of him and his two dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann. How will he train them? Will he catch the Ghost coon? Can he win the hunting championship? Throughout all of their adventures, the trio becomes a loving, devoted, inseperable team. But Billy doesn't realize their uttermost devotion until one night while hunting, they tree a mountain lion by mistake, and Old Dan and Little Ann save him, Old Dan fighting with the most loyalty and rage. But in the end, Old Dan's sacrifice turned out to be too great, and he died. Little Ann is still with the Coleman family until after Old Dan died. Ann was Dan's lifelong compainion, and she couldn't bear without him. So sadly two days later, she dies from lonliness and heartbreak. After that Billy finds out that he is moving next spring, so he tries and tries to forget his dogs but is still plaiged with pain. Yet on moving day in the spring, he discovered that on the hillside where his two dogs are buried side by side, a beautiful and stunning red fern had grown between their bodies. The red fern comes from an old indian legend, and it is the strogest sign of love. Only an angel can plant one, it never dies, and where one is, that spot is sacred. After moving, the story ends with one final segment, which I think is the part where I start sobbing. This is an elaborately detailed book, and doesn't just jump from one thing to another. It is well in order. Also, this book is the kind of book that you can read more than 1 times, for me, it would be more than 30 times! This book also makes me cry every single time. :)

I liked it but it was not that touching as i thought it was going to be. it had some good parts and some did not need to be in there but most of all i think it is a book for all people to fill there hearts with love and compastion.

I first read this book 15 years ago (6th grade). I had forgotten about it until recently and just remembering it brought back a flood of emotions.

The Red Fern Grows was a thrilling epic in which Billy the main character scrimped and saved to buy 2 coon hounds they were the best coon hunters in the Oasarks prouved it many times , won money so Billy and his famly could move to town,and made the ultimate sacrifice for Billy.

I recommend this book to a kid in 5th or 6th grade that wants a dog. That is why I like this book. Some good things that I like were when he went to town to get a dog. He was going to buy a small beagle, but these kids bought him before he got to it. This book is about a boy that wants a coon dog. The exciting part of this book was when he tried to tree the ghost coon, he's the oldest coon.

He got his own side of his dad's shed wall. By the he competed, he had the whole wall full of coon skins. I really enjoyed this book.