Where the Red Fern Grows
1961 • 272 pages
Ratings98
Average rating4
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Ratings98
Average rating4
Where the Red Fern Grows is a 1961 children's novel by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys two hunting dogs.
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Also contained in:
[Prentice Hall Literature: Bronze](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24558491W)
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Well I cried. All I knew about this book is it was sad, and I didn't know where the sad part was and thus I was waiting to be emotionally destroyed at every turn.
It's a great book if you love dogs and borders on genocide if you love raccoons.
Just a good, simple story. A great glimpse into a simpler time. I loved the nostalgic feeling I got while reading it.
I vaguely remember reading this book as an adolescent. I didn't remember all of the details of the story but did remember that I cried at the end. I recently read it again aloud with my 11 year old son who loves the outdoors, guns, animals and adventure. We both loved it and shed a few tears. It was a great to hear him say, “Mom, that was a really good book!”
