Books like Where the Red Fern Grows
If you liked Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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She's Come Undone
Because shares tags: coming of age, family.
Abused as a girl, divorced and struggling with weight, Dolores Price slowly finds healing after years of trauma.
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Running with Scissors
Because shares tags: family, coming of age.
A boy sent to live with his mother's psychiatrist grows up in a chaotic house with no rules.
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Hatchet
Because shares tags: adventure, coming of age.
A plane crash leaves thirteen-year-old Brian alone in the Canadian wild with only a hatchet.
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The Call of the Wild
Because shares tags: adventure, dogs.
Stolen pet Buck learns club and fang on the Klondike trail from Perrault to Thornton and the wolves.
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Northanger Abbey
Because shares tags: classic, coming of age.
Naive Catherine Morland mixes gothic novels with real Bath society and love.
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Marley & Me
Because shares tags: dogs, family.
A young couple learns marriage, parenthood, and goodbye through thirteen years with Marley, their wild and loving Labrador.
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Because shares tags: family, coming of age.
Nine year old Oskar searches New York for a lock matching his father's key after 9/11.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Because shares tags: coming of age, family.
Francie Nolan grows up poor in 1910s Williamsburg, reading on fire escapes while her family scrapes by, and learns how schooling can lift…
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Treasure Island
Because shares tags: adventure, coming of age.
Jim Hawkins finds Flint's map, sails with Squire Trelawney's crew that hides pirates, and learns Long John Silver is both cook, friend, and…
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The Last Song
Because shares tags: family, coming of age.
Angry teen Ronnie spends a summer in Wilmington with her pianist father, finding first love, family repair, and loss.
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The Art of Racing in the Rain
Because shares tags: dogs, family.
A dying dog named Enzo retells the life of his race car driver owner Denny, from love and fatherhood to loss and a custody fight.
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Because shares tags: coming of age, family.
Two Mexican American boys in 1987 El Paso become inseparable and learn what love asks of family.
