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Growing up in the Ozark Mountains of northeastern Oklahoma, Billy Colman wants nothing more than to own the pair of coonhound pups he saw advertised in a sportsman's magazine. Although the sum is tremendous, Billy is determined, and after two years of hard work and saving, the two puppies become his.
Billy's pups are his "shadow," following his every move through the dark hills and icy river bottoms in search of the elusive raccoons. The three gain a fine reputation as an inseparable team when they win the coveted gold cup in the annual coon-hunt contest, capture the deceptive ghost coon, and, in the most difficult battle of all, put up a fierce struggle against a mountain lion.
But the victory over the mountain lion turns to tragedy, and Billy's days of freedom and innocent boyhood rapidly end. Yet much remains for Billy: he not only has his wonderful memories, but he learns a beautiful old Indian legend which gives them sacred meaning.
As it has for generations, this modern classic is sure to warm the hearts of young and old alike.
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Social Issues - Friendship, Juvenile Fiction, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Children: Grades 4-6, Social Situations - Adolescence, Social Issues - Adolescence, Classics, Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Adolescence, Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary, Action & Adventure - General, Animals - Dogs, Fiction, children's classics, dogs, hounds, mountains, young adult fiction, Open Library Staff Picks, Classic Literature, Hunting dogs, Human-animal relationships, Hunting, Children's literature, Fiction in English, animals, coming of age, death & grieving, 4th grade reading books, 5th grade reading books, award winning childrens books, Death, Children's fiction, Dogs, fiction, Boys, fiction, Ozark mountains region, fiction, Large type books, Love, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fictionPeople
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Where the Red Fern Grows
2001-05, Laurel Leaf Books
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1998-07, Yearling
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1996-10, Yearling
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1996-07, Delacorte Press
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Where the Red Fern Grows: the story of two dogs and a boy
1996-10, Yearling
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Where the Red Fern Grows
1989, Bantam Books
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Where the Red Fern Grows
September 1987, Doubleday Books
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1985 August, Bantam
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1981-03, Bantam Books
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1961, Doubleday
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Original edition published by Curtis Publishing Company in 1961.
Recommended by Katie Logsdon, Class of 2006, Acquisitions/Government Information Services.
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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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