One of the books that I read this summer was titled Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. It takes place in the Ozark Mountains. The main character is a boy named Billy who is a dog lover but his parents didn’t have the money to pay for a dog. 

A very important part in the book is when after years of trying to make enough money to buy a dog Billy finally could afford two hounds. He named the two hounds Old Dan and Little Ann. Billy took the two hounds out to hunt beavers and the two puppies looked as if they had been hunting for years. Billy goes through a lot of tough decisions. For example his grandfather, a passionate hunter, tells Billy about a beaver hunting tournament with some of the most ferocious beavers in the country. Problem is that the dogs could get killed by the beavers and the blizzards don’t help either.

I won’t tell you what happens to the dogs or Billy but I could tell you that it was a great book. It was very touching. It was also very sad. I cried at the end of the book. But that is just proof to tell you that it was not one of those monotonous books that you fall asleep to. I got so attached to the book that it made want to shout to the characters “ no don’t do it” or “Let’s do it Billy.” If you don’t enjoy sad books then I wouldn’t recommend this book but if you like to feel emotional I think you would love this book. On a rate from one to ten I would give this book an eight.