Honors and Praise for Wilson Rawls' Where the Red Fern Grows A School Library Journal Top 100 Children's Novel
An NPR Must-Read for Kids Ages 9 to 14
Winner of 4 State Awards
Over 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
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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 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
During one of his treks through Oklahoma's Cherokee Ozarks, fourteen-year-old Jay Berry Lee discovers a tree full of monkeys that have escaped from a circus, and he is determined to catch them and collect the reward money. Reprint.