tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post785763166519470410..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: Late August Book Porn: YA/Children's Fiction (and Thomas Mann)Larry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-62048421266442906972012-08-23T12:01:57.967-05:002012-08-23T12:01:57.967-05:00My dad read it in high school, I think (he was bor...My dad read it in high school, I think (he was born in late 1946 and the book came out in 1961), and he said it bothered him a lot due to growing up on a farm with a lot of hunting dogs being raised there.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-49279180986633375012012-08-23T09:49:26.324-05:002012-08-23T09:49:26.324-05:00I read Where the Red Fern grows in 7th grade and s...I read Where the Red Fern grows in 7th grade and still remember being devastated by it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-86963764833631908252012-08-21T16:37:22.924-05:002012-08-21T16:37:22.924-05:00I was the same way, except I didn't sob aloud ...I was the same way, except I didn't sob aloud in class. But I sure didn't want to read anything for a few days. Having lost a few dogs due to disease or being hit by a car in the previous couple of years, it really hit home :(<br /><br />I'm planning on reviewing it in a week or two, but it'll be very tough.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-9725085723935798612012-08-21T16:21:45.318-05:002012-08-21T16:21:45.318-05:00my sixth grade teacher also read aloud Where the R...my sixth grade teacher also read aloud Where the Red Fern Grows. I sobbed.<br /> and everyone stared at me. I think I kind of ruined it for everyone.<br /><br />(also, I had already finished it on my own, not being able to wait a chapter a day.)<br />ah, Life.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923975835078747456noreply@blogger.com