Awards

• Winner of Massachusetts Children's Book Award 1987
• Winner of New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award 1988
• Winner of North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award 1981

Overview

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.

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Praise for Where the Red Fern Grows A Top 100 Children's Novel, School Library JournalA Must-Read for Kids 9 to 14, NPRWinner of 4 State AwardsOver 7 million copies in print! -A rewarding book . . . [with] careful, precise observation, all of it rightly phrased.- --The New York Times Book Review -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 -An exciting tale of love and adventure you'll never forget.- --School Library Journal -A book of unadorned naturalness.- --Kirkus Reviews -Written with so much feeling and sentiment 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

Praise for Where the Red Fern Grows A Top 100 Children s Novel, School Library Journal A Must-Read for Kids 9 to 14, NPRWinner of 4 State AwardsOver 7 million copies in print! A rewarding book . . . [with] careful, precise observation, all of it rightly phrased. The New York Times Book Review 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 An exciting tale of love and adventure you ll never forget. School Library Journal A book of unadorned naturalness. Kirkus Reviews Written with so much feeling and sentiment 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

Praise for Where the Red Fern Grows <p/>A Top 100 Children's Novel, School Library JournalA Must-Read for Kids 9 to 14, NPRWinner of 4 State AwardsOver 7 million copies in print! <p/> A rewarding book . . . [with] careful, precise observation, all of it rightly phrased. --The New York Times Book Review <p/> 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 <p/> An exciting tale of love and adventure you'll never forget. --School Library Journal A book of unadorned naturalness. --Kirkus Reviews Written with so much feeling and sentiment that adults as well as children are drawn [in] with a passion. --Arizona Daily Star <p/> 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 <p/> A brilliant literary work. --TeenInk.com <p/> We tear up just thinking about it. --Time on the film adaptation

<b>Praise for <i>Where the Red Fern Grows</i></b> <b>A Top 100 Children s Novel, <i>School Library Journal</i></b><b>A Must-Read for Kids 9 to 14, NPR</b><b>Winner of 4 State Awards</b><b>Over 7 million copies in print!</b> A rewarding book . . . [with] careful, precise observation, all of it rightly phrased. <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> 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. <i>Common Sense Media</i> An exciting tale of love and adventure you ll never forget. <i>School Library Journal</i> A book of unadorned naturalness. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Written with so much feeling and sentiment that adults as well as children are drawn [in] with a passion. <i>Arizona Daily Star</i> 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. <i>The Huffington Post</i> A brilliant literary work. TeenInk.com We tear up just thinking about it. <i>Time</i> on the film adaptation

Author Information

Wilson Rawls is the author of the timeless classic Where the Red Fern Grows and the acclaimed novel Summer of the Monkeys. He was born on a small farm in the Ozark Mountains and spent much of his boyhood roaming northeastern Oklahoma with his only companion, an old bluetick hound. Since its publication more than fifty years ago, Where the Red Fern Grows has assumed the status of a classic and has been made into a widely acclaimed motion picture. Rawls' second novel, Summer of the Monkeys, received rave reviews and won the prestigious California Young Reader Medal Award, among other accolades.

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