Dan Carothers
In the years of my youth my family moved to Arkansas for my mother to go to nursing school at the College of the Ozarks. My fifth grade teacher read this book to the entire class. I am 48 years old now and have often thought of re-reading this book. I love it. I don't remember crying this much in the fifth grade. What a wonderful story of love, faith and family. Much better the second time, even after all these years.
A Google user
When I was in the third grade, I was assigned this book to read and write a book report on it. Little did I know how much I would enjoy reading this book. Very few books offer such a glimpse into the life of the main character and his two best friends as Rawls provides with Where the Red Fern Grows. I'm 27, and I STILL enjoy this book to this day. I still laugh at the same parts, and cry at the same parts.
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I loved this book, I read it multiple times and once again for school. It influenced the way I viewed writing. Heartbreaking and uplifting plot twists create emotions for Billy, Old Dan and Little Ann as well as his family that ties an emotional bond with them. Reminded me of Hatchet in some ways with the emotional roller coasters; fear, joy, sorrow, incorporated and stirred together to create a book that will remain unforgettable, and one of the few, honest and pure classics.