Where the Red Fern Grows

This book is about a kid named Billy who lives on a farm. He wants two good coonhounds very badly, but his dad cannot afford any. Billy works hard, selling fruit and bait to fishermen, so eventually he has enough money for the dogs. He decides to name them Old Dan and Llittle Ann. He can see that Old Dan is very brave, and that Little Ann is very smart.
Billy's mom and sisters are overjoyed. Billy keeps up his hunting. One night, however, his dogs tree a mountain lion. Old Dan howls defiantly, and the big cat attacks. Billy is horrified, and with his axe he enters the fray, hoping to save his dogs, but they end up having to save him. Eventually, the dogs defeat the mountain lion, but Old Dan is badly wounded. He dies the next day. Billy is heartbroken, but Little Ann is so sad that she loses her will to live, and dies a few days later.

Billy Colman - The protagonist of Where the Red Fern Grows. At the start of the novel he is ten years old. He has three younger sisters. He is filled with "puppy love"--he wants a dog badly. He is a brave boy, full of determination and grit.Old Dan - Old Dan is one of Billy's red bone coonhounds. He is bigger and stronger than Little Ann, the other hound. He will never leave a raccoon once he is on its trail, although sometimes his impatience gets the best of him, and he loses the trail.

I used the technique of visualzation and determining the importance.

This book was written by Wilson Rawls. I do not know any other books he wrote.