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For fans of Old Yeller and Shiloh, 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. So when he’s finally able to save up enough money for two pups to call his own—Old Dan and Little Ann—he’s ecstatic. It doesn’t matter that times are tough; together they’ll roam the hills of the Ozarks.
Soon Billy and his hounds become the finest hunting team in the valley. Stories of their great achievements spread throughout the region, and the combination of Old Dan’s brawn, Little Ann’s brains, and Billy’s sheer will seems unbeatable. But tragedy awaits these determined hunters—now friends—and Billy learns that hope can grow out of despair, and that the seeds of the future can come from the scars of the past.
小男孩比利生长于美国奥沙克山区（位于美国密苏里州和阿肯色州之间），家境贫寒。他非常渴望要一对可以捕捉浣熊的小猎犬，但是由于那种小猎犬价格不菲，他几次哀求要买小狗都被父母拒绝了。后来，他从捡来的杂志上看到广告，可以从肯塔基买到这种小狗，但要花50美元。年仅十一岁的比利捡草莓，卖小动物的皮，经过了两年的努力工作，在爷爷的帮助下，邮购买下了两只小猎犬：老丹和小安。
他们一起度过了一段共同捕捉浣熊的美好时光，结下生死与共的友谊。无论是到黑漆漆的大山里还是到结冰的河里去寻找浣熊，这两只小猎犬都如影随形地跟着比利，小安负责寻找浣熊，而老丹则负责捕捉它们，不论是多大的浣熊，老丹都尽力捉住。他们在奥沙克山区赢得了非常好的团队名声，并且获得了猎浣熊比赛的大奖。
在一次出猎时，他们遇到山狮，为了保护小主人比利，两只小猎犬力博山狮，最终赢得了胜利。不幸的是，老丹在搏斗中受重伤死去。之后不久，小安也绝食离开人世，死在了老丹的坟前。
比利非常难过地将它们合葬在一起，没多久，两只小狗的坟墓上长出现漂亮的红色羊齿草。在当地的印第安传说中，红色羊齿草是天使播下的种子。也许，那两只小狗真的是天使送给比利的礼物。
不久，比利一家用老丹和小安打猎和获奖挣来的钱搬到了城里，实现了父母长久以来的心愿——让孩子们去城里接受更好的教育，而两只猎犬则长眠于红色羊齿草下，那里也埋藏着比利的童年。
家境贫寒的一家人，却互敬互爱、积极乐观、其乐融融；其貌不扬的小猎犬，却聪慧灵敏、英勇无畏、深情忠诚；小小年纪的比利，却用超出常人的毅力和勇气实现了自己的梦想，并在与猎犬的相处中领悟到不畏艰险的拼搏精神、一诺千金的责任感和矢志不渝的友情。
获奖信息
A Top 100 Children’s Novel, School Library Journal's A Fuse #8 Production
A Must-Read for Kids 9 to 14, NPR
Winner of Multiple State Awards
Over 7 million copies in print!
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“A rewarding book . . . [with] careful, precise observation, all of it rightly phrased.”——The New York Times Book Review
“One of the great classics of children’s literature . . . Any child who doesn’t get to read this beloved and powerfully emotional book has missed out on an important piece of childhood for the last 40-plus years.”——Common Sense Media
“An exciting tale of love and adventure you’ll never forget.”——School Library Journal
“A book of unadorned naturalness.”——Kirkus Reviews
“Written with so much feeling and sentiment that adults as well as children are drawn [in] with a passion.”——Arizona Daily Star
“It’s a story about a young boy and his two hunting dogs and . . . I can’t even go on without getting a little misty.”——The Huffington Post
“A brilliant literary work.”——TeenInk.com
“We tear up just thinking about it.”——Time on the film adaptation
作者简介
Wilson Rawls（威尔逊·罗尔斯） grew up on a small farm in the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma. There were no schools where he lived so his mother taught Rawls and his sisters how to read and write. He says that reading the book The Call of the Wild changed his life and gave him the notion that he would like to grow up to write a book like it. He shared his dream with his father, and his father gave him the encouraging advice, "Son, a man can do anything he sets out to do, if he doesn't give up." Rawls never forgot his father's words, and went on to create two novels about his boyhood that have become modern classics.
美国著名儿童文学作家。1913年出生于美国俄克拉荷马州的一个小农场里。威尔逊从小喜欢打猎，常常带着自己的猎犬在故乡美丽的山野间狩猎。猎犬不仅是威尔逊童年时代的朋友，也是他无穷无尽的纯真故事的倾听者。山间小路与白沙河床，是他人生最初的书写纸。愉快的童年生活成为威尔逊文学创作的灵感源泉。
《红色羊齿草的故乡》是威尔逊的成名作，也是他最为知名的作品，在世界各地拥有近50个版本，多年来畅销不衰，两次被搬上银幕，成为美国经典青少年动物小说。他的作品还有《夏日历险》等，均被翻译成多种文字出版，并获得众多文学奖。
图书信息
作者：Wilson Rawls
Publisher: Yearling (1996/9/1)
平装: 304 pages
Reading Level 8 - 12 years
Language: 英语
ISBN: 0440412676
EAN: 9780440412670
Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 1.9 x 19.4 cm
Item Weight: 191 g
Brand Name: Yearling
ASIN: 0440412676
