What is Where the Red Fern Grows?
{{Infobox book | | name = Where the Red Fern Grows | title_orig = | translator = | image = | caption = | author = [[Wilson Rawls]] | country = United States | language = English | genre = [[Children's novel]] | publisher = [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] | release_date = [[1961 in literature|1961]] | media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]]) | pages = 245 pp | isbn = 0-440-22814-X | oclc= 39850615 | followed_by = }}{{Italic title}} '''''Where the Red Fern Grows''''' is a 1961 novel by [[United States|American]] author Wilson Rawls. It is about the friendship between a boy and two [[Redbone Coonhound]] hunting dogs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=1343_type=Book_typeId=1064|title=Where the Red Fern Grows Discussion Guide|publisher=Scholastic.com|accessdate=14 April 2015|archive-date=9 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309090303/http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=1343_type=Book_typeId=1064|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Plot== This story takes place on a farm near the [[The Ozarks|Ozark mountain range]]. The narrator, Billy Coleman, saves a [[Redbone Coonhound]] from a dog fight. He helps it recover from its [[wound]]s. He sets it free. He remembers his past. He then tells the story of how he had owned two Redbone Coonhounds when he was a boy. As a little boy, Billy had always wanted puppies since he was ten years old. His parents tell him they don't have enough money for puppies. He decides to earn the money himself. For two years, he works many different jobs. He saves $50. His grandfather helps him order two Redbone Coonhounds. The [[mail]] does not deliver the puppies, so Billy goes to get them. He walks to [[Tahlequah, Oklahoma]]. He sees how different the [[Urban area|city]] life is from his [[Rural area|country]] life at home. He buys gifts for his family there. He picks up his puppies. On the way back home, he sleeps in a [[cave]] on a mountain. He hears the roar of a [[mounta