When I left my office that beautiful spring day, I had no idea what was in store for me.
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A young boy's dogs win the gold cup in a contest, but tragedy strikes.
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Where the Red Fern Grows
2001-05, Laurel Leaf Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- First Laurel-Leaf edition (152)
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1998-07, Yearling
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Reprint (1)
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1996-10, Yearling
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- 25th printing
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Where the Red Fern Grows: the story of two dogs and a boy
1996-10, Yearling
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Reprint (19)
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1996-07, Delacorte Press
Hardcover
in English
- Delacorte Edition (1)
0385323301 9780385323307
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Where the Red Fern Grows
1989, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Bantam Edition (100)
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Where the Red Fern Grows
September 1987, Doubleday Books
Hardcover
in English
0385056192 9780385056199
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1985 August, Bantam
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Bantam Starfire, 39th printing
0553255851 9780553255850
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1981-03, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Bantam Edition, 21st printing
0553138979 9780553138979
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Where the Red Fern Grows
July 1977, Perfection Learning
Library Binding
in English
0812416961 9780812416961
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1961, Doubleday
Hardcover
in English
0385020597 9780385020596
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"As the story opens, a man sees some dogs fighting in an alley."
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Where the Red Fern Grows is a 1961 children's novel by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys two hunting dogs.
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