Where the Red Fern Grows

mass market paperback, 272 pages

Published May 9, 2000 by Yearling.

ISBN:
978-0-375-80681-0
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5 stars (2 reviews)

Where the Red Fern Grows is a 1961 children's novel by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys two hunting dogs.

Also contained in: Prentice Hall Literature: Bronze

39 editions

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4 stars

sob - what a sad, sad ending. i cried and cried.

always meant to read this book, and - being so well known - it was hard to escape the (also well known) plot point of the dogs dying.... even the children knew this before they heard the story (we own a book on tape called 'no more dead dogs' where the narrator rails against reading this book where not one, but two (!) dogs die)

the beginning of the tale was beautifully written - drawing the reader in with nostalgia and foreshadow. before long, i was immersed in the story, and forgot to steel myself for the tragedy.

my favorite part was this boy's determination to get those pups - the odd jobs, the saving of every single penny, never losing sight of his goal for a full 2 years. and then he walks for 2 days to get …