Where the Red Fern Grows
A young boy from the Ozarks gets a puppy loving disease. It gets worse and worse as Billy begins to lose weight and his food didn't taste good anymore. He didn’t want just any dog. He wanted two coonhounds. However, they cost a lot of money and his family was very poor. One day Billy found a magazine ad that said dogs for sale for every kind of dog for 25$ each. Billy works for two years selling bait, vegetables, and corn to fishermen and sold his grandfather berries and small animals. The day finally comes when he gets his 50 dollars. Billy travels to town all by himself through the Ozark mountains. He arrives at the depot very nervous to get his dogs. Billy cannot move as he is shocked to finally get them. As two pups start his way, Billy is overjoyed. One of his pups is a boy and the other is a girl. Billy and his dogs journey back home and the little boy pup gets the courage to bark at a mountain lion. The boy is very belligerent and the girl seems to be smarter and more careful. As Billy is approaching home, he sees two names carved into a tree: Dan and Ann. He decides to name them Little Ann and Old Dan.
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The hunting season finally starts. After a long time, they eventually catch a coon. Old Dan and Little Ann barely make it out of a few coon fights. Billy and his dogs continue to hunt and they make a greater connection than ever. The dogs will only hunt with Billy and won’t do anything without each other. One day, Billy meets the Pritchard boys, a large family filled with snobby children that no one liked. Ruben and Rainie make a bet with Billy that he can catch “the ghost coon”. Billy agrees, however just when Billy’s dogs are about to kill the ghost coon, Billy decides not to. Rubin disagrees and tries to kill it with Billy’s ax, but as he is walking, he trips and the ax kills
On their way home from school Jenny and Willie hook up. Then on the weekend, Jenny, Johnny, Willie and his family decide to go to the lake. Willie and Jenny set the table for a picnic when Johnny is out skiing. Willies mom complains about him never being safe enough. Next it is Willie's turn to water-ski. As Willie was doing a 360° turn, he caught the tips of his skis under the water and he crashed. Willies dad was in shock, Jenny had to give Willie mouth to mouth, and save his life. The left the boat, got into the vehicle, and drove to the hospital. Willie ends up with a speech impediment, and problems walking. He ends up doing crazy things, like acid, and drinking. He talks to a counselor whom he really likes. Willie does not want to go into a Special Ed class that the school is referring him to. He feels hopeless, and even jealous of his girlfriend for her athletics. He tries to play racquetball, but his dad gets frustrated with him. That night he hears his parents arguing over him. He hears his dad say that he thinks it would have been easier if Willie had died in the accident. From there he suspects Jenny and Petey of getting together, and finds out that they are.
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