Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

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Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

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This sad but touching story by the award winning author wilson rawls called Where The red fern grows is my all time favorite book. this book is based back in the early 1900s about a young boy that longs for too redbone coonhounds. He saves up 50 dollars secretly and goes and buys them. Bill Coleman names his dogs Little Ann and Old Dan after the too names he sees carved into the trees. They hunt every night they become best friends and do everything together. Billy sells his coon skins and his family goes from being poor to being middle class, that wasn't very likley in the Ozarks. When I first saw this book I did not want to read it but I became so attached to the characters it was sad to say goodbye.
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I haven't read this in years. All I can remember is bawling.
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I remember reading this book in 7th grade English. You could tell where the students were in the book by the sighs, tears, and moans around the classroom. What was even more sad to me was when the family had to move out of the area....the children growing up, and like you said, saying goodbye to the characters. Glad to say this is still on many elementary / middle school reading lists today.
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I’ve read this at least 3 or 4 times, the first being in fourth grade where I almost started crying in class! But it gets me every time!
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I have read Where the Red Fern Grows several times. It is a great book and yes I cry every time!
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This was a great book! I haven't read it since I was young, but I remember it making me cry...every time!
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My mom read this to me and my sister when I was eight or nine. I haven’t read it since but I still remember it clearly. Such a sad but memorable story.
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We had the movie and watched it more than once. In 4th grade, my teacher read this book aloud to the class. She did it every year. As it got to the end, she would start crying and would ask kids in the class to come up and read a page or two. The boys would always volunteer, and then they would end up in tears, too. It was a giant cry-fest of one teacher and 25+ fourth graders.
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I think that I read this when I was in fourth grade, and all I remember is feeling so sad by the end of it. I'd love to reread this one soon.
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Thank you for reminding me about this wonderful book. When I read "Where the Red Fern Grows", I just fell in love with Little Ann and Old Dan.

I think maybe it is time to read it again? thanks
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There are books that bring you closer to life's true meaning. This is definitely one of them.
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This was one of the first real books my daughters read to me. We were reading our bedtime stories, as usual, and when I got to the sad part, I couldn't continue. So, I told my daughters through my sobs that they had to read it, because I couldn't. They did read it out loud, but I was still crying. I love the relationship between the grandfather and the boy. Love.
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I read this book as child. I do not have a vivid picture of what happens in this book. Reading again soonest.
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I’ve read this at least 3 or 4 times, the first being in fourth grade where I almost started crying in class! But it gets me every time!
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