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Summary: Cry
Review: OMG! This book was the sadest and most emotional ive ever read in my life! If this book doesnt make you cry I bet if you see the movie, that you with be balling like a baby!
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Summary: Grows in the heart
Review: This would not have been my first pick since I was a young girl and not interested in hunting or dogs. but this is an incredibly moving story. Our history teacher read it aloud to us before lunch each day and there was not a dry eye in the house. My 10 year old son is now reading and he gave it his highest praise: That Red Fern Book is pretty good, mom.What more can you say?
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Summary: Tangy Slice of Life
Review: This book (which I read in advance of my daughter, and for that purpose) is wonderful! Very completely captures an specific moment in a specific life so thoroughly that it's impossible not to live that moment vicariously. Was a bit gory for me in parts, but it wasn't avoidable. I especially liked the true spirituality that was central to this work. And the vernacular, of course. Ok, also the warmth between the characters. And the detailed descriptions. And that's it, beyond those elements, it was just another great book!
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Summary: A great book!
Review: When I picked this book up only a week ago for a book report and began to read it, I was amazed at how captivating it was! I simply could not put it down. It will truly captivate you. The ending is sad, but amazing! I don't want to give anything away, so just read it!
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Summary: Where The Red Fern Grows
Review: Where The Red Fern Grows
If you like adventure, you will love Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, author of Summer of The Monkeys.
Billy Coleman, a wannabe hunter who is in love with coon hounds, figures out that you don't always get what you want in life. Billy explores everyday and roams the countryside until sundown, searching for adventure. After finding an abandoned magazine left behind by some fishermen, he finds an advertisement about coon hounds and Billy HAS to have them. The only problem is Billy's parents can't afford them although they really want Billy to have them. After two years of saving money by selling different furs and things, Billy starts his journey to retrieve his hounds.
I really enjoyed this book and thought it was really remarkable. I think anybody could read this book no matter what age, and like it as much as I did.
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Summary: Where the Red Fern
Review: Where the Red Fern Grows is a very good example of the love shared between a boy and his dogs. Billy (the main character) and his two coonhounds, Old Dan and Little Ann show a fierce love for each other. Billy works hard to buy them and when he finally gets them he loves them very much and is willing to do anything for their protection. The dogs show the same type of affection to him and in the end, they die for it. In Where the Red Fern Grows, Billy and his dogs will and do go to any means to protect each other.... Billy loves his dogs and his dogs love him back. They will not let any thing happen to each other while they're still alive. Old Dan and Little Ann seem like normal dogs, showing loyalty, but they aren't like most dogs at all. They show the ultimate love almost to the point of human understanding. Many, if not all, people could learn something from the concept of putting others first, not just in small things like manners, but also in much more important things, such as a willingness to sacrifice your life for the lives of others. This world would be amazing if people put others first. If two dogs and a ten-year-old boy can do it, so can we! This book was interesting, touching, and exiting. I recommend it to anyone who likes and for anyone who doesn't like books, this one will be an exception.
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Summary: Summary and review of Where The Red Fern Grows
Review: Billy lives on a farm in the Ozarks. He wants two coonhounds very badly; however his papa cannot afford any. Billy works hard and eventually has enough money to buy two coonhounds. Billy trains his dogs to become highly-skilled raccoon hunters. The two dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann, are determined hunters and never let Billy down. Billy's grandfather enters Billy in a coon-hunting contest and they win. One night his dogs tree a mountain lion. Old Dan gets badly wounded and dies the next day. Billy is heartbroken, but Little Ann is so sad that she loses her will to live, and dies a few days later. Billy goes to visit the dogs' graves and finds a giant red fern. According to Indian Legend, only an angel can plant a red fern.
This is an excellent book to use in the classroom. Students of all ages would enjoy this book, because it shows the close bond that people share with their pets. This book teaches students many valuable lessons such as, friendship, love, loyalty, sacrificing, and coping with the hardship of losing loved ones. Where the Red Fern Grows would be interesting to students in 4th grade and above.
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Summary: Review of Where the Red Fern Grows
Review: This is an excellent book to use in the classroom. Students of all ages would enjoy this book, because it shows the close bond that people share with their pets. This book teaches students many valuable lessons such as, friendship, love, loyalty, sacrificing, and coping with the hardship of losing loved ones. Where the Red Fern Grows would be interesting to students in 4th grade and above.
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Summary: Powerful & moving, but easy to read
Review: Billy lives in the Ozarks and wants 2 hunting dogs. He saves for 2 years, then sends away to get 2 puppies. Once the puppies arrive - Old Dan and Little Ann - Billy begins to live his dream, never realizing that more is happening than he is aware of. This is a wonderful story of the love a boy has for his dogs & the freedoms of childhood. However, Billy has some experiences that take him from childhood into being an adult. Some he is aware of but others are more subtle. Despite the story being about a boy, girls can relate to a lot of the emotions as well. Adults can more fully appreciate the more subtle storylines. I highly recommend this book but suggest that you keep plenty of tissues handy.
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Summary: The best book ever!!!
Review: I haven't read this book since I was in high school which was 10+ years ago and picked it up one afternoon from my book shelf and started reading it and couldn't put it down. I remembered just how much I loved this booked. This is a heart filled story about a boy and his love for his dogs and their love and loyalty to him. If you are a pet lover this book will touch your heart completely and you may even shed a few tears. This is book is a classic and every age will truly appreciate this read.
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