Where The Red Fern Grows

Product details
Author: Wilson Rawls
Publisher: Yearling
Publication date: September 1, 1996
Edition: First Yearling Edition
Language: English
Print length: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 0307742539
ISBN-13: 978-0440412670
Item Weight: 6.8 ounces
Dimensions: 5.25 x 0.68 x 7.56 inches
Book 1 of 1: Where the Red Fern Grows
Grade level: 3 - 7

Billy has long dreamt of owning not one, but two, dogs. So when he’s finally able to save up enough money for two pups to call his own—Old Dan and Little Ann—he’s ecstatic. It doesn’t matter that times are tough; together they’ll roam the hills of the Ozarks.

Soon Billy and his hounds become the finest hunting team in the valley. Stories of their great achievements spread throughout the region, and the combination of Old Dan’s brawn, Little Ann’s brains, and Billy’s sheer will seems unbeatable. But tragedy awaits these determined hunters—now friends—and Billy learns that hope can grow out of despair, and that the seeds of the future can come from the scars of the past.

Reviews
Praise for Where the Red Fern Grows

A Top 100 Children’s Novel, School Library Journal

A Must-Read for Kids 9 to 14, NPR

A Great American Read's Selection (PBS)

“One of the great classics of children’s literature . . . Any child who doesn’t get to read this beloved and powerfully emotional book has missed out on an important piece of childhood for the last 40-plus years.” —Common Sense Media

“A rewarding book . . . [with] careful, precise observation, all of it rightly phrased....Very touching.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A book of unadorned naturalness.” —Kirkus Reviews