
Daniel H. (
toucandan) - Topeka, KS wrote on 3/17/2009...
Rawls keeps you on the edge of your seat in "Where the Red Fern Grows" with growing anticipation as the plot unfolds. While reading this book you will laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time.

Joni D. (
jonid) wrote on 5/31/2008...
This was my son's favorite novel in 8th grade. That says something for all the teachers out there!
My son, age 11, and I just finished this book and as soon as I closed it up he said, "Mom, that was a really great book. I really liked it!" That was music to my ears!
I could read this one over & over. One of my all time favs!

Beth B. (
zerobero) wrote on 2/27/2008...
This book is an all-time classic... and it's also the book that probably started my phobia of mountain lions...
My 5th grade teacher read this book aloud to my class, and I've been in love ever since! I've reread it countless times since then, and I love to pass the story along to other readers as well.

Sarah T. (
stbaby14) wrote on 2/26/2007...
A very great but very sad book.
Books like this one were part of the reason I loved reading so much as a child. Whether you're a fifth grader or a 30-year-old, you can enjoy this read. I have read it since becoming an adult, partly to celebrate what made me the booklover I have become and partly to just get some for-sure-good reading. Should be required reading for children.
One of my all time favorites.