| First edition hardback cover | Author Wilson Rawls | Pages 245 pp | ISBN 0-440-22814-X | OCLC 39850615 |
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How long does it take to read Where the Red Fern Grows?
The average reader will spend
4 hours and 1 minutes
reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute).
What reading level is Where the Red Fern Grows?
Where the Red Fern Grows | Rawls, Wilson | Lexile & Reading Level:
700
.
Where the Red Fern Grows page 9?
Billy turns his dogs loose after the coon. After a brief, but gruesome, battle, the dogs win and the coon is dead. Looking over the fallen sycamore, Billy apologizes to the tree and hopes it understood what he had to do. He collects his prize, and heads home with his hounds.
Is Where the Red Fern grow a true story?
Where the Red Fern Grows is a
perfect example of autobiographical fiction
. … While much of Rawls’s life forms the basis for his book, it is not entirely autobiographical. The author says that the book is based on his early life, but there are some parts of it that are not true.
What age group is Where the Red Fern Grows?
| Interest Level Reading Level ATOS | Grades 4 – 8 Grades 3 – 8 4.9 |
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Where the Red Fern Grows sad part?
True, most stories about a boy and his dog will inspire waterworks, but Old Dan and Little Ann — the two redbone coonhound siblings featured in the book — don’t just die. One of them is brutally mauled by a mountain lion and the other one dies of something even worse:
a broken heart
.
Where the Red Fern Grows Ch 12?
Rubin and Rainie Prichard challenge Billy to a hunting competition. There’s a raccoon that lives near their home called the “
ghost coon
.” No hound has ever been able to tree it. They bet Billy two dollars his hounds can’t tree him either.
What happens in Chapter 14 of Where the Red Fern Grows?
Where the Red Fern Grows Chapter 14.
Billy walks to Grandpa’s store. Grandpa tells Billy how sorry he is to hear about Rubin’s death
. He thinks it is his fault, but Billy assures him that it was no one’s fault.
What happened in Chapter 11 of Where the Red Fern Grows?
He gets to find out one cold night. While hunting, the dogs chase a raccoon toward the frozen river. As they attempt to catch it, Little Ann
falls through the ice into the freezing cold water
. Old Dan stays near her on the riverbank, calling for Billy and attempting to pull her out.
Is Stewart Peterson LDS?
Stewart’s co-stars agree that he is doing more than acting a part; he is really feeling what it was like to be Billy Coleman. “
He is from a good Mormon family
, and his life of work on the farm is much like Billy Coleman’s.
Do red ferns exist?
Red ferns do not exist
.
How Old Is Billy at the end of Where the Red Fern Grows?
Billy is now
10 years old
and really, really wants a pair of hunting hounds. And we mean really badly. After a whole lot of work, and saving for two years, he finally has enough to buy his dogs—from an ad in the back of a magazine. Like you do.
Does Where the Red Fern Grows have cuss words?
Mrs. B is a devout Christian woman but Where the Red Fern Grows has some bad words in it. …
B would take her pen, while she was reading, and crossed out the bad word and substituted a new “clean” word instead
. I, of course, did the same.
Which dog dies in Where the Red Fern Grows?
When they finally return home, his mama runs the dog’s entrails through water, but it is not enough. The dog dies, and
Billy
is crushed. He buries Old Dan on a high hill overlooking the valley. In a few days, it is clear that Little Ann has lost her will to live.
Where the Red Fern Grows Newbery?
Where the Red Fern Grows is a beloved classic that captures the powerful bond between man and man’s best friend. This edition also includes a special note to readers from Newbery Medal winner and Printz Honor winner Clare Vanderpool. Billy has long dreamt of owning not one, but two, dogs.
