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CC OPINION: Billy Colman is just a poor country boy with a heart of determination and a longing for some hunting dogs. After years of saving his money, Billy buys a pair of coonhounds and begins the process of training and befriending the dogs. The dogs lead Billy into a variety of adventures, leading Billy to become a stronger, wiser young man who better understands what it means to love others.

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.

Praise for Where the Red Fern Grows:

"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

"A rewarding book . . . [with] careful, precise observation, all of it rightly phrased....Very touching." -- The New York Times Book Review

"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