Where the Red Fern Grows

By Wilson Rawls

Categories: Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

Where the Red Fern Grows is a novel by Wilson Rawls, first published in 1961. In the Ozark Mountains, ten-year-old Billy Colman saves money for two years to buy a pair of coonhound puppies, Old Dan and Little Ann. He trains them to hunt raccoons, and they become the best hounds in the valley. The story of loyalty, love and loss, told by Billy as an adult, has become a classic of children's literature.

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• John Green: “I loved Mildred D. Taylor’s “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry” and Wilson Rawls’s “Where the Red Fern Grows.” As a kid, I loved books that made me cry.”