Where the Red Fern Grows

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Summary: A really good book for ALL ages!
Review: When I read this book, at first it started kind of dull but it got better and better towards the end. By the last page I was crying. I won't tell you why because that the whole object of the book. The book is about this boy who really wants coon hounds. When he finally gets enough money to buy some and he trains them, they turn out to be very good coon hunters. Their names are Little Ann, who's the smart one, and Big Dan, the strong one. Together they hunted down lots of coons. The boy even has a coon hat. If there's a coon out there, you bet Little Ann and Big Dan can catch it. The boy enters a compition and wins! But then it all changes. You'll have to read the book to find out what changed.

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Summary: Incredible read for 4th grade through 40th birthday
Review: First of all, if you think books are for sissies, get this.
Secondly, if you like dogs (hunting or not), get this.
Third, whether you are in 2nd grade, just turned 20, or are nearing 200 speeding tickets, YOU will LOVE this book.

I read it as required reading waaay back in 3rd grade or so, and honestly had to finish it to the end. I didn't like reading dumb books for school, but couldn't put it down. I had to know what happened. And I swear, in the end I must have cried my eyes out so much I must have lost weight. (SShh!! I'm a guy. We don't do that.)

This is the kind of fiction that I would say "slows you down." It takes you completely away from wherever you are. Perhaps you live in a big city and wouldn't know a raccoon from a RAV-4. Perhaps you own a business and see nothing but red numbers in your accounting software. Care to escape? Slip off your shoes and take a soothing walk through a mountain stream. Become a young boy growing up in the rolling hills far from civilization, and take your very first sip of carbonated soda--a new experience--bought for you by a kindly town sheriff. Learn incredible life lessons of loyalty from a single paperback book that I promise you will never forget all of your days.

If anything, read this at least once in your life, and I won't bug you any more. Pass this opportunity up and I won't have to.

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Summary: Heart warming
Review: This book touched me in a way that can't be told. This book to me was very insperational because of the persistance with the dog wanting. It gave me the strength to push on and go on when the going gets rough. This book also told me never to give up when you really want something. I have always given up when I feel like I can't go on any longer but thanks to this book it has told me to keep going even though I don't feel like it. Certain things give you the energy and knowledge to do anything and this book is one of them. I strongly recommend to read this book. It will give you the strength to face something and do almost anything.
4KEL

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Summary: "Where the Red Fern Grows"
Review: This is a good book about a fascinating boy named Billy. Billy was in love with dogs and wants two coonhounds for hunting. He went through a hard time getting those coonhounds, by selling fruit and bait to fishermen, until he had enough money to buy them. His grandfather orders the dogs for him and he leaves his house in the middle of the night one evening, and he sets off on his journey to get his dogs. He goes into town. While he's there, kids laugh at him and make fun. He stands up for himself, and gets help from the sheriff. On the way home, Billy spent the night in a cave and heard a mountain lion. His dogs howled at the growling lion. Right then, Billy knew he had two special dogs. That's when he decided to name them Old Dan and Little Ann.
Like any good owner, he trains his animals to hunt raccoon and many other animals. He gets help setting up traps from his grandfather. His dogs become good hunters, and he hunts with them every night. In fact, they are so good at hunting, that Billy's grandpa enters them into a hunting contest. There are many adult coon hunters in it and they are really nice to Billy. Billy's hounds get to the championship round, when all of the sudden a blizzard begins. They can't find Billy's coonhounds anywhere and Billy doesn't know what to do. He ends up finding the hounds and wins about 300 dollars, which is good since he and his family were really poor. Billy and his dogs develop a bond that is so strong, Billy has to count on them to do him one of the biggest favors he ever needs. This book is definitely recommended and I think everyone who has the chance should read it.
I liked this book because it's the perfect adventure of a young boy and his two coonhounds.

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Summary: My View
Review: I really enjoyed this book! It keeps you wanting more especially at the end. The author was very descriptive throughout the book. Also it was much better than the movie. Sometimes I wonder why do they always have to make the book and movie different? Well, anyways the book was still good. it made me cry all the way through the book! Once I saw that red fern it was so beautiful, I wanted to see one myself. I could never have that much ambition like the boy Billy does in the book it's overwhelming! I had to read it for school and every Monday we would read in class. Except we were only allowed to read so many chapters. So if we finished and were curious we couldn't read ahead which really bugged me.I wish I was living back then when you had to find fun and play in the woods. You would know were you were going always and never get lost. All those pretty summer nights too, and clean air.I talk like this because thoughout the book I felt like I was there with him and sometimes I wish I was. So basically it was a great book. 3LMN

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Summary: Excellent Story About a Boy and His Two Dogs!
Review: Billy and his family live in Oklahoma Ozarks. Billy, ever since he was a little boy has always wanted two dogs- hound dogs only. He wants his dogs to be hunting dogs. The bad part is that Billy's family is too poor to afford two dogs right now. Billy is determined to get the hounds. He finally gets the dogs two years later, and then the training begins. Old Dan and Little Ann, the two hounds,are the best hunting hounds in the nation. Just when everything is going good, a horrible tragedy occurs, leaving Billy devistated and the reader in tears.

Where the Red Fern Grows is one of the best children's novels that has ever been written. The reader discovers the powers of love, sorrow, and what how important being determined can be. The reader becomes so close with the characters, it's as thought they were with them.This currently my favorite book. This book is great for everyone!

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Summary: GREAT
Review: In this book I liked the details, it relly makes you understand more. Wilson Rawls uses the best details than any book I've read. He uses personification and simile when discribing things.
My favorite part of the book is when Billy is at the depot in the city. I could just know how it would fell to work so hard to own two dogs, not just dogs hunting dogs.
I give this book a five star rating because of how it seems to pertan more to young adults...

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Summary: An Amazing Book!
Review: One of my all-time favorites! If you understand the bond between a young adolescent and his/her pet, you'll thoroughly enjoy this book.

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Summary: Where the Red Fern Grows
Review: An amazing story of loyalty, friendship, and sadness. This is about a boy, Billy, who has a dream to hunt the Ozark Mtns with his own coon hounds. Soon he develops a special bond with his dogs. A bond shared by his Grandfather and family. It is a classic adventure of how a boy and his dogs make memories that will last forever...memories of joy, frienship, and trust. Hunting with his dogs were the happiest days of Billy's life. The dogs' devotion to Billy was so strong they gave their lives to protect him. Their loss though painful allowed Billy to understand the true meaning of love. For where his dogs lay there grew the red fern and he knew his dogs would be safe. All of these memories and experiences are put together to create the touching story of Where the Red Fern Grows.

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Summary: A bond between two dogs and a boy.
Review: Where the Red Fern Grows is a story of love, heartbreak, and a boy's love for his hound dogs.The setting for this eventful book is in the Oklahoma Ozarks.A young boy long for two hound dogs,but with his family being so poor it was not afordable. Billy Coleman works for two years and saves every penny to buy the hounds. When offered a ride to Tallequah he passed, and walk the barefoot the way to meet his dogs a few days earlier.
Troughout the years Billy and his hound dogs built a strong bond that no man could break. While dealing with the pressures of being poor and jealousy from other kids, he stays grounded with his faith in the power of God. Altough he has to deal with the pain of losing his dogs he comes to terms with it and accepts it. In the end Billy learns the true meaning of the Red
Fern. All in all Where the Red Fern Grows is a wonderful, enchanting story and I recommend it to any and everyone.