Where the Red Fern Grows is about a kid and his two dogs. The kids name is Billy and he lives on a farm. This book is mainly about a kid who is trying really hard to get two new dogs which he saw in a newspaper. He really has wanted dogs for a while and found some for a good price. Billy wants two new dogs very badly, but his grandpa can’t afford them. Billy has to try really hard to make money so he can buy them. He starts selling fruit and bait to fisherman. He eventually gets enough money to buy the dogs and he gives the money to his grandpa who buys them for him. Billy doesn 't have anyone to pick up the dogs for him because they are in a different town so he snuck off by himself to get them. On his way home, he and his dogs sleep