Where the Red Fern Grows

My mom's favorite book is Where the Red Fern Grows . She has always been talking about it and she can't stop. When I was coming up with a book to blog about, I looked at her "special" book shelf full of all her special and favorite books she reads. She was helping me pick out a book, so when I was over there trying to find one she asked " Is Where the Red Fern Grows over there?" I said yes, so she said that it would be a good book for me to read and blog about.  My book is Where the Red Fern Grows by: Wilson Rawls. This is a story about a little boy named Billy Coleman who is a very poor boy and doesn't have any money to get what he has always wanted, hound dogs. He has always wanted a good hunting hound to hunt with during hunting season. One day he finds a magazine that has an ad that says " Hounds for sale" in Kentucky. He works for two years to get the 50 dollars he needs to buy them. He told his Grandpa about it, so his Grandpa placed the order for him, but Billy payed for them. The night before he makes his trip was difficult for Billy because he wanted his dogs right away, so he goes over night without telling his family about it. He never even told his family about getting the dogs.He makes the trip to town all by himself to get the hounds and returns home with his beautiful hound dogs and his family happy to see him. Billy trains his pets to hunt successfully, then takes them out to hunt. They are very successful and were able to catch many coon (raccoons) in the forest.

Billy reminds me of someone I know because he is brave enough to travel all by himself to get two little hounds. He worked so hard to get the money and achieve his goal of getting two hunting hounds. Billy also reminds me of someone I know because my Grandpa did the same thing, but for a different reason. He traveled a whole day to Mexico just to see his family for Christmas and that was his goal. He traveled a whole day just to spend time with his family on Christmas day. This character reminds me of me because every time I travel somewhere, I always set a goal to find something interesting and new. This situation reminds me of a similar situation in my own life. It happens whenever we go to Big Bear Lake, California. Whenever we travel there, I always try to explore part of the Colorado River. Out from my window in my car, I can see how the water moves and how beautiful it looks in the distance.

I love the way Billy conquers any task at hand and how brave he is to travel so far to accomplish his goal and get his dogs. I did feel sad when the Coleman's had to turn down Billy's wish of getting two hound dogs just because they didn't have enough money. I love the way the author expresses so much emotion during the book. I cried the first chapter because it was full of different feelings and emotions. I definitely wish Billy's family was not poor and they did have enough money to get a better house than the one they are living in right now. I was so surprised to know that Billy wanted hunting hounds. I never knew he wanted to hunt in the first place. I thought he wanted a toy or a new bed or anything other than a dog. I was very surprised when he traveled so far just to get two hound pups that he worked so hard for. I definitely recommend reading Where the Red Fern Grows because you can learn so much from one little book of inspiration that tells you "If you can dream it, you can believe it."

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