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Summary: a wonderful tale of a boy's best friends...
Review: "Where The Red Fern Grows" is a emotionally charged story about a boy and his two dogs in the rustic Ozark mountains. After much yearning and saving (and through much tears and sweat) a young boy achieves his lifelong dream of owning two coon hound dogs. He appropriately names them Old Dan and Little Ann. Through adventures (and misadventures) in these mountains Billy Colman experiences love, friendship and undying loyalty. And through them comes a keeply touching bond that teaches the boy about life and death. The earnest writing of Wilson Rawls takes you midst of these adventures and shares the love of a young boy's heart. I don't think I've ever been so deeply touched by a story about animals and their master. I don't think I can fully describe in words how touched I was through this book. All I can say is that this book is really really good.(Read it back in 5th grade and 15 years later, it's still good.) Truly, dogs are man's, I mean a boy's best friend... and they all must go to heaven.
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Summary: A book everyone should read!
Review: This book by Wilson Rawls takes place in the Ozarks of Northeastern Oklahoma. A boy named Billy Colman and his two hounds win the gold cup in the annual coon-hunt, capture the ghost coon, and bravly fight a mountain lion in this book. When that battle ended in tragedy Billy learned the Native American legend of the sacred red fern. Now a red fern grows over the graves of his dogs. "Yes, I know it is still there, for in my heart I believe the legend of the sacred red fern." says Billy 30 years later (page 249). I love how Rawls made the story so life like. You can picture everything that happens in the story in your head. This story has so many life lessons and good morals. Everyone should read this book atleast once in their life. Not too many things these days teach people what this book does. The only thing that I wasn't too fond of was some of the southern talk Rawls put in it. If middle school students try to read this it could mess them up and make it hard for them to understand at some points. Other than that I thought this was an excellent pick, one of the best ones I have ever read.
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Summary: What I think about Where The Red Fern Grows.
Review: I thought Where The Red Fern Grows is a great story about a boy and his dog. They go on in life together, but something happens to tear them apart.
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Summary: A terrific story of a young boy and his hounds...
Review: "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls is a truely magnificent story, one that I read when I was very young, and I still tear up when I think about it. THis compelling story about a young boy and his two coonhound pups takes place in the Ozarks during the early to mid-1900s. Billy was a young litlte boy like most other boys in that area at the time-adventurous, brave, and, of course, he wanted a dog, specifically, a hound, so he could hunt for racoons like the other boys. Unfortunately, his famnily was tight on cash, and they couldn't afford dogs, not to mention food and other necessities the dog may need. Billy decides he'll pay for the hounds himself, and he saves up to purchase coonhounds in a city 20 mile sup the river. It takes him two years, but finally he has enough money to buy the dogs. He gets two, a male a and a female. Fromt he start, he trains the dogs, simple things like sitting and staying, to more complex things like trapping a racoon up a tree. Billy definetly loves these two dogs. This is a wonderful story, and the ending will truly out tears to your eyes. I reccomend this book to anyone who ever had a dog before, or someone who has dog right now. I promise you will love this book!
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Review: Where the Red Firn Grows was a very good book to read.There were many things that I liked and not many things that I disliked.I liked the way that the auther kept wanting me to read more. Hem always kept things exiting. What I did not like about this perticular book was an introduction that had almost nothing to do with the book. I learned from this book that if you really want something, if you put your mid to it, you can make it happen.
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Summary: Where the Red Fern Grows
Review: Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls is one of the best books I have ever read. On a scale from one to five I would rate it a five. Where the Red Fern Grows is full of details and descriptive writing. This book is also is a full length adventure. The age group I would recommend this book to are 11-13 year olds. I believe that this book has some parts younger kids should not read. It is also a tear jerker, I suggest a tissue box!
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Summary: A book that explains the joys and sorrows of one little boy
Review: I thought that the book was the best book I have ever read, no joke. THe book captures the essence of childhood and of how a little boy grows up through his experiences down in the ozarks. A quote from the book i really liked was "There is a time in every mans life when he is effected by the wonderful disease of puppy love" pg 17. THis book was unlike any of other books i had read beause i could fel the boys feelings and i had empathy. I coulod capture how much that boy cared for the dog. THis book is good for everyone over the 4th grade to read. If you read it any younger i dont think you could fully appriciate the story.
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Summary: NOW MY SON WANTS A LIST OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS!
Review: I loved reading this book as child and talked my 10 year old son into reading it. He loved it! Finally a passion for reading was found! Now he wants me to make a list of all of my favorite childhood books.
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Summary: The Outstanding Book
Review: This was and still is the best book I have ever read.It is very exciting,but it's very sad.If you love animals and love adventures then this is the perfect book for you.It's based on a boy who does everything he can to get two hound pups,and to find out if he gets them and why he want them then you have to read the book. Nicole Barrett
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Summary: Where the red fern grows
Review: THis story is about a young boy who wants a shotgun and two hound dogs.That day came and he had got what he wanted and he trained his dogs how to catch racoons.AS they got older he put them a coon hunting contest.He won that because he had treed five coons but he couldn't catch them because his grandfather had fell and broke his leg.When the contest was they gave the trophy for treeing even though he had to save his grandfather.
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