Teacher Guide

Where the Red Fern Grows Lesson Plan

Relationship to Other Books

Consider The Call of the Wild by Jack London, as it was the book that convinced Wilson Rawls he wanted to tell stories.

Consider another coming-of-age novel dealing with death, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.

Books such as Shiloh or Old Yeller are similar in their dealings with adolescence and dogs.

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