Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
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Book Reviews of Where the Red Fern Grows
Book Review: MY FAVORITE BOOK EVER!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am 30 year old woman who graduated with a Bachelors of Science from the University of Delaware. Needless to say I am have read my share of both very good and bad books. However, without any hesitation I will admit that THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL NOVEL I ever read(TO DATE)is "Where The Red Fern Grows".
I was ten years old and in fifth grade when I was assigned to read "Where The Red Fern Grows". At the time I acted like many kids my age and decided to "skim" this novel instead of reading it in order to achieve at least a satisfactory grade and write a book report and pass the class.
Meanwhile, I "skimmed" the first chapter and found myself going back and re-reading(nonskimming)the first chapter over and over again. Over the next several chapters I was captivated and in fact; I couldn't put it down! I flew through the rest of this amazing tale in record timing.
At this point in my life I was an avid reader but the majority of my reading selection consisted of the "Babbysitters Club" or "Sweet Valley High" series. "Where The Red Fern Grows" changed me not only as a reader but as a person. After I sobbed uncontrolably at the end(without giving it away)I was addicted to reading for life!
The story is touching to children and adults alike and is well liked by both genders. The novel itself is extemeley heartwarming and simple, yet as you continue to fall into a trance reading it; something in the back of your mind seems to say that there is much more meaning behind it. This is the only book I can say with confidence that I would HIGHLY recommend to both grade school children and yet at the same time urge adult professionals to add to their personal libary. READING IS BELIEVING!!!
Book Review: Where the Red Fern Grows Book Review
Summary: 5 Stars
Where the Red Fern Grows was a really excellent read. The author, Wilson Rawls, made it seem as if I were living and experiencing the adventures the main character, Billy, had with his dogs.
This book is about an old man named Billy Colman. He finds a hound that was being attacked by a pack of dogs and saves the hound, patches up the dog's wounds, let it eat and sleep and set it free. The man then had a flashback into his childhood.
The boy, Billy, lives nears the Ozark Mountains and has a wish for two dogs, coon hounds to be specific. His family is poor and can not afford much. Billy begs and begs but no dogs come. But, when a group of fishermen leave their camping ground to go back home, Billy goes to see if they left anything behind. When he comes to the campground he sees a magazine and an ad for coon hounds, 25$ each. Back then 25$ was a lot of money, but he needed 50$ for two coons. So after saving up for two whole years of picking blackberries, helping out in his grandfather's store, and making money in any other way, he finally gets enough money to buy the dogs.
His grandfather wrote in to see if the dogs were still available and the person writes back that they were and that the two dogs would be there in about a week. The boy cannot wait that long and decides to make the journey all the way to town to pick up his long awaited dogs. He walked a long way but arrives in town to pick up his dogs. He the begins the journey back carrying his dogs all the way back to home. After facing a perilous journey home, Billy (after being scolded) begins a life of adventures hunting coons and of sharing undying love with his two precious coon hounds.
Book Review: Where the Red Fern Grows Movie
Summary: 3 Stars
For the book, I would give five Stars But for the movie it's a three star.
Where the Red Fern Grows
By Melody Sue
Where the Red Fern Grows is a great book. It expresses deep love for dogs and a strong relationship between the dogs that led to their doom but also helped them a lot. Recently I saw the 2004 movie version of this book. It nailed all the little concepts like giving each person in his family a gift and how both his dogs went to a better place, but they didn't show how close he were to his dogs and how his dogs were close to each other.
Other than missing the deep relationship, it was pretty good because it caught the events in the story such as bullies pulling his dogs' ears, seeing Dan and Ann in a tree, and training the dogs as soon as possible. These types of things from the story are what make it like the book. In the book and movie there was this big scene where the dogs tree their first coon and it happened to be the biggest tree. They missed a few other things.
In the competition, there was suppose to be a beauty competition that little Ann was supposed to win. There was no beauty contest so she didn't win anything. They said in the book that little Ann was smaller and smarter than old Dan but in the movie they looked the same. The most important difference is that of the relationship. Like I said before, that's what makes the book so heart breaking and the movie dull. There was also all those times that were sad in the movie, not that there were a lot, no one cried. The end was kind of cheesy because of no one being emotional. I defiantly think the book is better.
Book Review: sloppy firsts
Summary: 5 Stars
Jessica Darling is a junior at Pineville High School. Her best friend, Hope, just moved away to Tennessee a few months after her brother over dosed on heroin. She is in all honors classes at her school and is a track star, but even with her fame she's empty inside. She feels like she has no one to talk to since Hope left.
As you go through this book with Jessica, you realize why she doesn't want to live up to her name, Darling. She is sick and tired of her so called friends, the "Clueless Crew", and with her parents. She has no one she can really to talk to. Even though Jessica and Hope talk everyday Jess still feels like she has no one to talk to. And then came Marcus. He turned her world upside down. He was basically a male version of Hope. She couldn't tell Hope about him though. Marcus was one of Heath's [Hope's brother] friends. He was also a dreg, and a total junky. He was there the night Heath died. So naturally Hope hates him, and everyone like him.
Megan McCafferty is a former editor for Cosmopolitan, YM, and Fitness magazines. Her work has appeared in Glamour, CosmoGirl, Maxim, Details, and other national publications. McCafferty created "You Think Your Life Is Crazy," a fiction serial for teens featured on www.twistmagazine.com.
She lives with her husband in New Jersey, where she wrote her books. She has recently finished her second novel about Jessica Darling, Second Helpings.
I recommend sloppy firsts to any teenage girl who is sick and tired of being labeled as just another "over dramatic" teen who's life is "so hard" because it really is "so hard".
Book Review: Differences between the book and the movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Cassidy
Period 3 English, SPMS
In the movie of Where the Red Fern Grows there were quite a few differences. Some scenes were cut out for time like most movies. There were also some changes to the family, dogs, and lots of other places and people. In the book there are three sisters, yet in the movie there are only two. Most of the descriptions of people were changed also. In the book, Billy gets steel traps but in the movie there are no traps. Also the dogs' price in the catalog was different. Instead of adding up to seventy-five dollars it added up to fifty and then there was a discount. When Billy goes to Tahlequah he trespasses and someone tries to shoot him! Then when Billy sees the dogs, their eyes are open. After the fight the pups escape and a girl hands the pups back to Billy. When Billy gets home his Mother comes out to meet him. When Billy starts to train his dogs he already has a coon tail instead of having to catch one.
When Billy is chopping down the large sycamore tree his Father brings him a "mans" axe. A couple days later when he goes to his Grandpa's store Rubin bets five dollars instead of two. While on the bet Rubin doesn't attack Billy. On their way to the championship coon hunt Billy, Father, and Grandpa don't spend the night before reaching the site. During Billy's night to hunt, Grandpa breaks his leg instead of spraining his ankle. Billy doesn't win the cup but instead someone gives it to him along with the cash pool. When Old Dan and Little Ann die the whole family buries them together. There are many differences in many movies and books so keep your eye out for them.