Wilson Rawls wrote children's fiction about rural life, dogs and the determination required to achieve difficult goals. Where the Red Fern Grows follows Billy Coleman, a boy in the Ozarks who saves money to buy two redbone coonhounds, Old Dan and Little Ann, then trains and hunts with them through increasingly demanding conditions. Summer of the Monkeys follows another boy whose plans for captured circus monkeys become tied to family hopes and practical problems. Rawls's prose is direct and accessible, with outdoor work, hunting, poverty and strong bonds with animals central to the stories. His books fit classic children's fiction, dog stories and rural adventure, especially for readers comfortable with older depictions of hunting and frontier-style self-reliance. Read more Less
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