Where The Red Fern Grows

Wilson Rawls Where The Red Fern Grows has its very high and very low points during the story. The book had me always wanting to know what happend next. 
      The style of this books puts you right into the story with Billy and his two coon houds. Its like your right there with them chaseing the crafty old coons up the river, running across the shoals, and finally treeing the the tricky critter. Also you can just feel how bad Billy wants the dogs. He sells the fisherman baite an fruite all summer saving up all of his dimes an pennies to get his pups.
      He lived in the foothills of the Ozarks. This gave him open fields an high mountains, caves, and  rivers. When Billy goes to get his dogs from town he leaves late in the night haveing to cross the river and everything just to get his pups from town. When he gets his dogs trained they run all over the Ozarks chaseing coons and working hard at it.
     I can make conncections personaly with this story because ive always lived out in the country and hunting an traping is a way of life. When he trees his first coon with his young dogs he proves to them that hes goin to get that coon down no matter what. When i took my first deer on my own i wanted no help, it was my deer an i was goin to take care of to prove to my dad that i was well old enough to be out on my own.
     I would recomend this book to any reader. Its a great read an very easily read an its got its highs and lows in the story you never know whats gonna happen next so your always comeing back to read more.