Where the Red Fern Grows is a beloved classic that captures the powerful bond between man and man's best friend. This edition also includes a special note to readers from Newbery Medal winner and Printz Honor winner Clare Vanderpool.
 
Billy has long dreamt of owning not one, but two, dogs. So when he's finally able to save up enough money for two pups to call his own—Old Dan and Little Ann—he's ecstatic. It doesn't matter that times are tough; together they'll roam the hills of the Ozarks.

Soon Billy and his hounds become the finest hunting team in the valley. Stories of their great achievements spread throughout the region, and the combination of Old Dan's brawn, Little Ann's brains, and Billy's sheer will seems unbeatable. But tragedy awaits these determined hunters—now friends—and Billy learns that hope can grow out of despair, and that the seeds of the future can come from the scars of the past.


比利住在全世界最棒的浣熊狩獵區──奧沙克山區。他好想要兩隻浣熊獵犬，可是他家太窮，根本買不起，於是比利決定自己賺。歷經千辛萬苦，比利終於得到了他的狗──老丹和小安。可是，毫無經驗的比利要如何去訓練他的狗成為頂尖的浣熊獵犬？他們在打獵時會碰到什麼挑戰？他們能贏得年度獵浣熊的冠軍嗎？凶猛的山獅將帶來怎樣的災難……

比利、老丹和小安是一支勇敢又團結的小隊伍，他們征服了山林的浣熊，贏得許多人的掌聲。不過他們也遇到很多困難、危險、挑戰，也遇到最悲痛的分離。

故事的結尾，作者安排了一個紅色羊齒草的傳奇。他藉著這則傳說來告訴比利——死亡是人生的一部份，就好像一天中必須經歷早晨和黑夜一樣，否則，另一個新的日子便不會到來。

「紅色羊齒草的故鄉」在美國已被公認是現代少年小說的經典之作，深受其感動及影響的少年讀者不計其數。

——中文簡介摘自英文漢聲出版《紅色羊齒草的故鄉》