Where the red fern grows

                                                                                                        
                                         
                                        WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS

                                            By Wilson Rawls.
   
                                                        WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS is about a 12 year old boy who lived in the Ozark Mountains. His name is Billy Colemon he lives with his mother and father, and has two younger sisters.His family did not have alot of money and he was the only one working.This story also took place in the 1800s. So money was much more valuable.The colemons lived on a farm house and his grandpa owned a candy store.Billy had alot of chores around his house like feed the mule.The most thing he wanted in the whole world was a pair of coonhounds alot of people had them and coon hunting was very popular.But his dad didnt have the money for some so Billy started selling eggs, working  with adults with lumber and growing food and selling plus his chores at home his dad asked him how do you have the energy for all this and he didnt tell his dad because he knew his dad wanted and needed a new mule. so over time he kept saveing and finally had enough for two coon hounds so he went to his grandpa for help to order them and he did without telling his dad.So he waited and waited and at night he was going crazy hearing other coonhounds barking and howling.So then he couldnt take it anymore and he snuck out at night on his way to talequa.Then when he came home his dad was happy to see the two red bones but his mom was really mad that he ran away but he had some money left over so he bought treats like clothes and candy for his mom,dad,and sisters.So he trained them all the time and hunted them and got enough coon skins to fill the whole side of his wood shed.Then they competed in an coon hunt competition and ended up winning.They were the best coon hounds in the whole county.But one night they were hunting and a couger attacked billy and the dogs fought it but it ended up killing old dan so he barried it out back and after that lil Ann wouldnt eat or move or do anything without dan so one day she was missing and Billy ran down to old dans grave and she was dead laying on top of it so they barried her next to them and then they moved out of the ozarks but the last day he went down there to say  bye and in between them there was a red fern it was so shocking to them and it symbols love. I would recomend this book to people who love dogs and hunting and really good stories i liked the book its my favorite one.