Where The Red Fern Grows
  • Published: 31 March 1999
  • ISBN: 9780553274295
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $17.99

Where The Red Fern Grows

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Paperback
31 Mar 1999
Hardback
15 May 2016
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For fans of Old Yeller and Shiloh, Where the Red Fern Grows is a beloved classic that captures the powerful bond between man and man's best friend. This new edition features an introduction by Newbery Medal winner and Printz Honor winner Clare Vanderpool.

Read the beloved classic that captures the powerful bond between man and man’s best friend. This edition also includes a special note to readers from Newbery Medal winner and Printz Honor winner Clare Vanderpool.
 
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.
  • Published: 31 March 1999
  • ISBN: 9780553274295
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $17.99
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Praise for Where The Red Fern Grows

"A rewarding book...[with] careful, precise observation, all of it rightly phrased."-The New York Times Book Review
"A book of unadorned naturalness."-Kirkus Reviews
"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+ years."-Common Sense Media
"An exciting tale of love and adventure you'll never forget."-School Library Journal
"Written with so much feeling and sentiments that adults as well as children are drawn [in] with a passion."-Arizona Daily Star
"It's a story about a young boy and his two hunting dogs and . . . I can't even go on without getting a little misty."-The Huffington Post
"A brilliant literary work."-TeenInk.com
"We tear up just thinking about it."-Time (on the film adaptation)
"The excitement of the hunt, the love of the boy for his dogs and they for him, the beautifully depicted relationship between the boy and his parents and the human elements of the story make this a 'must see.'"-Deseret News (on the film adaptation)

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